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Materials: Tiara, corsage, pin, earrings
and assorted pieces: Wax, cloth leaves and tape, silk thread wrapped
wire, metal pin-back, and original cardboard box.
Condition: Excellent; possibly never
used. Wax has changed color with age to a rich sepia; some orange
blossom buds have come loose (easily repaired).
Measurements: Wedding tiara measures
12" around and 4" high.
Comments: Wax orange blossoms were
hand assembled in France and called "parure de mariee"
(marriage ornaments). Boxed sets were imported into the US from France
in huge quantities during the last half of the 19th century. The set
offered for sale here is most unusual, having wired ear bobs, a corsage
and a separate pin as well as the requisite wedding headpiece.
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