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The coronets of the Earl and Countess of Essex. Credit: David Parker The
Watford Observer has teamed up with Watford Museum and its curator Sarah Priestley to take a journey back to the town’s past through items or places of historical significance. The 23nd item in ‘a history of Watford in 50 objects’ are two of the most glamorous objects in the museum s collection - the coronets of the Earl and Countess of Essex. Sarah said: These small crowns with rich velvet and trimmed with ermine would have been worn for the coronation of a new monarch. Only those of the title of baron/baroness or above are entitled to wear a coronet, and you can tell these were specifically made for an earl and countess because of the decoration of strawberry leaves and ‘pearls’.