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.

Queen Mary's Diamond Loop tiara, Queen Victoria's Strawberry tiara, Olgivy tiara

Queen Mary's Diamond Loop Tiara
The tiara was formed of oval loops with flowers and leaves. Total weight of the 675 diamonds is 102 3/4 carats.


It was commissioned from Boucheron for Queen Mary while she was still Princess of Wales
in 1902.


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The Strawberry Leaf Ruby Diamond Coronet

A diamond tiara of strawberry leaves that was once set with rubies, a favorite jewel of Queen Victoria. The Queen owned many tiaras, some of which are now altered, such as this item, which she had worn at Princess Louise wedding in 1871.
Since her husband Prince Albert’s death, the jewels and jewelry which he had arranged for her were talismanic for her.

Along with the tiara there was a matching ruby and diamond necklace and brooch matching the coronet pattern tiara consisting of 14 lozenge-shaped clusters & 13 strawberry leaves with ruby and diamond band - part of a suite with necklace, brooch and earrings.

The suite was given to Queen Victora's daughter, Princess Beatrice, on her marriage 23 July 1885.

Princess Beatrice then passed it on to her daughter, above, Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg (Queen consort of Spain)
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The Ogilvy Tiara
of
Princess Alexandra of Kent



Princess Alexandra of Kent,
The Lady Ogilvy Windsor Tiara.
Daughter of
Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark, Duchess of Kent
and
Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Both the tiara and necklace has versatile stones that can be changed. Above, The Princess is wearing turquoise stones.
Below, The Princess switches the turquoise for pearls.



Another variation includes replacing the stones with Sapphires.

No picture can be found of The Princess wearing it with sapphires, though.

The Hanover Fringe Tiara

The Hanover Russian Fringe Tiara

Queen Mary
This tiara (which can also be worn as a necklace) was made for Queen Mary in 1919. It is not, as has sometimes been claimed, made with diamonds that had belonged to George III but re-uses diamonds taken from a necklace/tiara purchased by Queen Victoria from Collingwood & Co as a wedding present for Queen Mary in 1893. In August 1936 Queen Mary gave the tiara to Queen Elizabeth.

 Queen Elizabeth later loaned it to her daughter, Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth II as "something borrowed" for her wedding in 1947.

As The Princess Elizabeth was getting dressed at Buckingham Palace the tiara snapped. Luckily the court jeweller was standing by in case of emergency.

The jeweller was rushed to his work room by a police escort. Queen Elizabeth reassured her daughter that it would be fixed in time, and it was. In the above picture you can see where the tiara detached.

 The Queen Mother later also loaned it to her granddaughter The Princess Anne for her marriage to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973.
 

A recent photo of Her Majesty wearing her wedding tiara for a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago, Nov 2009.