Grand Duchess Maria Anna of Tuscany’s Ancona Tiara
Tiara of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, 
Grandduchess of Tuscany
Tiara of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Grandduchess of Tuscany
This imposing attractive and historically important pearl and diamond tiara was made circa 1817 for Princess Maria Anna of Saxony 1799-1832 on the occasion of her marriage to Leopoldo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1797-1870 at Castle Pillnitz near Dresden. The Grand Duchess died very young and the Grand Duke married secondly, in 1833 Donna Maria Antoinietta of Bourbon, Princess of Two Sicilies 1814-1898.