Edwina Mountbatten Tiara

Diamond scroll motifs give this solid tiara a pierced feel and the design rises to a central point with a top line studded by diamond trefoil motifs.

Edwina mountbatten tiara. But she also generously passed the piece along to other women in her family. The mountbatten tiara was made c. She and her husband would later serve as viceroy and vicereine of india adding significance to the indian inspiration of this design. It was worn by the first countess mountbatten of burma to the many formal events she attended as a relation by marriage to george v george vi and elizabeth ii and the duke of edinburgh.

The title has passed to the elder sister of lady pamela hicks lady patricia mountbatten a familiar figure at indian functions in london. In 1922 princess victoria now the marchioness of milford haven gave that pearl and diamond star tiara as gift to the hon. 1910 french of platinum millegrain setting diamonds. The new tiara was the most important jewel that princess victoria had left after the war.

Edwina countess of mountbatten died in 1960 and was buried at sea while lord mountbatten was blown up by the irish republican army in 1979. David and lady pamela hicks lived a very interesting life during the 1960s and 70s. Tutti frutti bandeau of lady mountbatten vicereine of india a unique london made sapphire emerald and ruby bandeau or headband was made in october 1928 and bought a month later from the great jewellery house of cartier by edwina lady mountbatten for 900. Patricia mountbatten wears the tiara on her wedding day alterations were made to the piece in the 1930s as louis and edwinas stars ascended.

Edwina was photographed in the tiara by cecil beaton for vogue in 1937. Edwina ashley when she married her younger son lord louis mountbatten. The mountbatten tiara is a large and distinctive diadem with a modern feel for its age. When her younger son lord louis mountbatten married edwina ashley in 1922 victoria gave him the new star tiara to present to his bride as a wedding gift.

When edwina lady mountbatten died during their honeymoon lady pamela inherited this tiara as well as the more famous mountbatten tiara. Edwina mountbatten 1901 1960 later the countess mountbatten of burma was known for her fashionable dressing among many other things so of course her jewelry was right on trend. It is most likely a chaumet creation dating from around 1910 with diamonds set in platinum.