Bulgari Designs Vibrant Tiara In Honor Of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee
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Queen Elizabeth II is the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, having commemorated 70 years of service as a royal this month. As a tribute to this crowning achievement, Bulgari has crafted an intricate tiara accented with rich emeralds and diamonds.
Embodying a bouquet of flowers, the Jubilee Emerald Garden tiara is set in platinum—a nod to the Platinum Jubilee—its transparency saturated by the intense green of 63.44-carat Zambian emeralds, which call back to the Queen’s appreciation for the gem.
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At its heart is a stone carved in the shape of a lotus flower, signifying purity and eternity.
It took more than 1,500 hours for a master goldsmith and a five-designer team to complete the regal headpiece. Two of them were craftsmen assigned just to set the emeralds.
Granted, a tiara is not something even the Queen would wear every day. As such, this high-jewelry piece is designed to double as a necklace, too.
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[via Tatler Asia and Harper’s Bazaar UK, images via Bulgari]
