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Issue No. 04 · High Jewellery

The Tiara: Britain’s Most Enduring Jewel of State and Society

The Portland Tiara: created by Cartier London in 1902 for Winifred, Duchess of Portland, worn for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

Royal Heritage14 min read

The Tiara: Britain’s Most Enduring Jewel of State and Society

From coronation diadems in Westminster Abbey to the private heirlooms of ancestral dukedoms, the tiara remains the supreme expression of British ceremonial majesty, architectural platinum work, and dynastic continuity

Lady Eleanor Montagu

Contributing Jewellery Editor, London

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The Editorial Manifesto

“High jewellery is not an accessory to fashion; it is geology elevated to statehood, the architectural craft of the sovereign court, and an immortal document of human taste.”

London · Paris · Rome · Geneva

Sovereign Provenance · Historic Diadems · Imperial Regalia

Royal & Aristocratic

From Westminster Abbey and St Petersburg to the Galerie d’Apollon, chronicling the crown jewels that shaped the visual theatre of European dynasties.

Garrard: The Crown Jeweller and the Architecture of Majesty

Royal Warrant

15 min read · The Royal Gallerys Editorial

Garrard: The Crown Jeweller and the Architecture of Majesty

Founded in London in 1735 and appointed the first official Crown Jeweller by Queen Victoria, Garrard shaped the visual symbols of the British monarchy, from the Imperial State Crown to iconic royal heirlooms

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The Vladimir Tiara: An Imperial Russian Masterpiece in the British Royal Collection

Royal Provenance

15 min read · Prince Alexander Galitzine

The Vladimir Tiara: An Imperial Russian Masterpiece in the British Royal Collection

Smuggled out of St Petersburg during the Bolshevik Revolution by a British diplomat, the Grand Duchess Vladimir’s tiara became one of Queen Elizabeth II’s most treasured and versatile diadems

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Treasures of the Galerie d’Apollon: The French Crown Jewels at the Louvre

Museum Collections

14 min read · Éloïse de Saint-Germain

Treasures of the Galerie d’Apollon: The French Crown Jewels at the Louvre

Surviving the catastrophic 1887 Third Republic state auction, the French crown jewels preserved in the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon represent the supreme zenith of 19th-century imperial French goldsmithing

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Mayfair · Place Vendôme · Via Condotti

The Great Maisons

The European high jewellery houses that defined modern elegance through pioneering patents, architectural platinum, and legendary stones.

Cartier at 13 Rue de la Paix: The King of Jewellers, Jeweller of Kings

Haute Joaillerie

16 min read·Éloïse de Saint-Germain

Cartier at 13 Rue de la Paix: The King of Jewellers, Jeweller of Kings

Edward VII’s famous decree cemented Cartier’s sovereign status. From pioneering platinum garland tiaras to the exotic brilliance of ‘Tutti Frutti’ and the Bismarck Sapphire, Cartier defined the European high jewellery aesthetic

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Van Cleef & Arpels: The Poetry and Mastery of the Mystery Setting

Haute Joaillerie

13 min read·Éloïse de Saint-Germain

Van Cleef & Arpels: The Poetry and Mastery of the Mystery Setting

Patented in Paris in 1933, the Serti Mystérieux revolutionized lapidary craftsmanship by eliminating visible metal prongs, allowing calibrated rubies and sapphires to form continuous carpets of luminous color

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Graff and the Pursuit of the World’s Most Extraordinary Diamonds

The Great Houses

14 min read·Alastair Fitzroy

Graff and the Pursuit of the World’s Most Extraordinary Diamonds

From a workshop in Hatton Garden to the epicentre of New Bond Street, Laurence Graff built a modern diamond empire on an audacious willingness to acquire, recut, and elevate the rarest gems in human history

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Bulgari Serpenti: The Roman Metamorphosis of High Jewellery

Haute Joaillerie

13 min read·Gianluca Moretti

Bulgari Serpenti: The Roman Metamorphosis of High Jewellery

Conceived on Via Condotti in the late 1940s, the Serpenti coiled through Hollywood glamour and Roman architectural heritage to become one of the most recognizable icons of European high jewellery

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Private Salons · Historic Salerooms · Gemstone Rarity

The Collector & The Atelier

Inside the discreet reception rooms of Mayfair, unheated geological rarities, and the historic auction salerooms of Geneva and London.

London Jewellery13 min read

Inside the Discreet World of Mayfair’s Private Jewellers

Along Old Bond Street, New Bond Street, and Burlington Gardens, London's most secretive jewellery salons operate far beyond the public gaze, serving dynasties, collectors, and sovereign houses with quiet discretion

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The Collector15 min read

The Modern Collector: How Provenance and Rarity Drive Historic Auctions

From the Duchess of Windsor to Sotheby’s and Christie’s Geneva and London salerooms, historic noble provenance continues to command staggering premiums in international high jewellery collecting

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A Sovereign Standard of Discretion and Craftsmanship

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