Nizam of Hyderabad, Gloucester Palmette, Teck Circlet tiara and necklace

The Nizam of Hyderabad Parure

This wonderful tiara supposedly does not exist anymore. The tiara was, together with a necklace given to HM The Queen by the Nizam of Hyberabad as a coronation-gift.



Made by Cartier and later broken up to be used in new setting, in the Burmese Ruby Rose Tiara, made by Court jeweller Garrard.



The roses of the original tiara were thought to have been taken to be made into Rose Brooches for The Queen.



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The Gloucester Palmette
Was owned by Queen Mary.
The Diamond Crown is ornamented with a graduated frieze of styled honeysuckle.

The central ornament is made to be separable; as seen below. It was completed before or during
February 1914.
The tiara was a Royal Wedding Present to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester,
Princess Alice Christabel
and her husband.


The Parure was then passed on to the current Duchess of GloucesterBirgitte, Duchess of Gloucester

 


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Duchess of Teck Tiara

Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck; The mother of
Queen Consort, Mary.
Queen Mary inherited her mother's jewelry The Duchess of Teck, like the neo classical ears of wheat tiara. This tiara is set with diamonds in tiers holding aloft the sheaves of wheat made in gold and silver. Princess Mary was the granddaughter of King George III and daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, thus making Queen Mary, her daughter, a cousin of Queen Victoria.
Queen Mary inherited her mother's jewelry The Duchess of Teck, like the neo classical ears of wheat tiara. This tiara is set with diamonds in tiers holding aloft the sheaves of wheat made in gold and silver.

The Teck Circlet

Made to go along with The Teck Diamond Tiara. In both pictures of Mary Adelaide, above, she is wearing the necklace. The necklace and tiara were passed to the Queen Mother. It is not quite sure whether The Queen Mother loaned or gave the necklace to her daughter, HRH Princess Margaret. If she gave it to her it would have been passed to Margaret's son. Margaret's collection of jewels and tiaras were sold at Christie's in 2006. The Teck necklace was not part of the auction so it is thought that the necklace went back to the current Queen as it was a family heirloom.

The Queen Mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon wears the Teck Tiara

Princess Margaret, daughter of George VI and the Queen Mother wears the necklace with the Papyrus tiara.

and wearing the Teck necklace as a tiara.