Sotheby’s Is Displaying 50 Fabulous & Historic Tiaras to honor Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

Sotheby's has put together a historic show called Power & Image: Royal and Aristocratic Tiaras to honor Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee.

This exhibition has over 40 beautiful tiaras, some of which came from British and European royal collections. This is a rare and historic collection of fine jewels. Generations of families have passed down most of the pieces, and they have rarely loaned them out to show in public. One of the pieces is the Spencer Tiara, which Diana, Princess of Wales, wore on her wedding day. The most famous designs in the presentation are the emerald tiara worn by Queen Victoria and the cameo tiara made for Joséphine Bonaparte.

The Derby Tiara, designed by Skinner & Co., 1893.

Their collection shows how the design of tiaras has changed over time due to things like royal tastes, changes in society, and the influence of other art forms. Even today, modern jewelers are redefining what a tiara is. Visitors can buy tiaras made by a new generation of British designers if the glittering sights make them want to buy something.

The tiaras make the show so attractive, as noble families from all over Europe lent their family jewels to Sotheby's for the event. There will be at least 50 diadems on display, and Sotheby's will use each one to show how jewelry design has changed since the 18th century. For example, take the beautiful 1830s tiara inspired by the classical styles of ancient Rome. Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Joséphine brought it back into fashion in the early 1800s. Later this year, Ridley Scott will make a movie about their love story. Even more unusual? The turquoise cabochons on this Van Cleef & Arpels piece from the 1960s nod to beautiful Indian jewelry.

The exhibit will contain several tiaras that guests wore at Queen Elizabeth's 1953 coronation. They include the 1890 Anglesey Tiara, the Derby Tiara, made for the Duchess of Devonshire in 1893, and the Westminster Halo Tiara, which was ordered from Lacloche Frères in 1930 by the Duke of Westminster for his bride Loelia Ponsonby.

Around 1820, the Fitzwilliam tiara.

"Finding these jewels has been a labor of love," said Kristian Spofforth, Head of Jewelry at Sotheby's London. "The result is an exhibition that shows the best examples of the tiara style register, including the Spencer Tiara, which many have loved and photographed." "This is also a great time to shine a special light on the beautiful craftsmanship passed down through generations of mostly British jewelers over several hundred years of making tiaras."

Power & Image starts on May 28 at Sotheby's in London. However, the free event with no tickets is over on June 15. Find out more about some of the show's most exciting pieces below.

Princess Diana Gracing The Claridge's banquet in 1988.?

She was wearing the Spencer Diamond Tiara, Queen Mary's cabochon emerald and diamond choker, a wedding gift from the queen, a Royal Family Order, and pendant earrings with emerald drops.

When Princess Diana wore the silver and gold Spencer tiara to her wedding to Prince Charles on July 29, 1981, it became famous worldwide. She kept wearing the design for the rest of her life as an HRH.

Like many other old tiaras, the Spencer jewel was changed and updated over time as styles changed. Further, we think that the designers crafted this style for the first time in 1767.

Princess Diana's Family Gifted her The Spencer Tiara.

In the 1930s, jewelry artists changed the Spencer tiara's most essential parts into the garland styles we see today.

The middle part is in the shape of a heart. It has running scrolls and flowers in the motifs of stars and trumpets on either side.

Franz Xavier Winterhalter's 1846 painting The Royal Family shows Queen Victoria with her emerald and diamond tiara.?Photo from Commons on Wikipedia

Prince Albert made the emerald and diamond tiara that Queen Victoria wears in the picture at the top in the Gothic Revival style. Joseph Kitching, who worked for the crown, made the tiara in 1845.

It is one of Victoria's most famous jewelry pieces because she wore it in the 1846 painting The Royal Family by Franz Xavier Winterhalter.

The cameo and gold tiara of Empress Joséphine.

A cameo, gold, and enamel diadem Jacques-Ambroise Oliveras made for Napoleon's wife Joséphine in Paris around 1805 shows how the couple brought back the Neoclassical style.

It has cameos made of agate and jasper from the 1600s and 1800s. One is a picture of Medusa's head. Zeus is written about in another.