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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 511

The pair of Coronets worn by the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, likely participants in the Coronations of the last four monarchs of the United Kingdom

An Earl's and Countess's pair of Coronets, Ede & Ravenscroft, displaying the eight gold strawberry leaves and eight silver balls - as appropriate for an Earl, silver-gilt, crimson velvet cap and silk lining and gold thread tassel, and ermine fur trim, Countess's Coronet with original hair pins, generally good very fine (2)

Worn by the 7th Earl (George Montagu Bennett) and his wife (Sophie van Marter) and presumably commissioned for the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII (9th August). The coronets were likely worn again by the 7th Earl and Countess at the Coronation of King George V in June 1911 and are most likely to have passed to the 8th Earl and Countess for use at the Coronations of King George VI, 1937 and H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 1953.

Studio portraits of the 7th Earl and Countess with these coronets were taken by Lafayette, New Bond Street in June 1902.

Publications:

Spink Insider, Issue 32, Winter 2018. Illustrated upon front cover.

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Sold for
£8,500