August is the month for celebrating the grassy-green peridot, and today, we've got a closer look at a recently-auctioned tiara set with the gemstone–and its fascinating Scottish aristocratic history. In June, Doyle Auctions in New

AN ANTIQUE PERIDOT AND SEED PEARL DEMI-PARURE, CIRCA 1830. The tiara designed as a graduated line of cushion-shaped peridot and pearl clusters to the pearl berries with gold filigrée vines and leaves, brooch en suite with three detachable pear-shaped drops, mounted in gold. #antique #tiara #brooch

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Designed as a graduated line of cushion-shaped peridot and pearl clusters to the pearl berries with gold filigrée vines and leaves (one paste replacement), circa 1830, 20.5 cm. wide

Archduchess Isabella’s Peridot and Diamond Tiara: The tiara dates from the 1820s fabricated by Kochert, court jeweler to the Habsburg family of Austria. Archduchess Isabella is the first person we...

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