Princess Mary of the United Kingdom's Harewood Diamond Tiara

Creation:  The center piece could be replaced with a sapphire and diamond brooch that was given to Princess Mary from her mother, Queen Mary, on the occasion of her 1922 marriage to Henry Lascelles, Earl of Harewood.

Materials:  diamonds

Princess Mary

Princess Mary

Princess Mary

Provenance:

1. Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood
2. George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood; inherited from his mother in 1965
3. Unknown Owner; sold at auction for £9,500 in 1970

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweller created this tiara?
• Who currently owns this tiara?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Princess Royal's Diamond Scroll Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Princess Mary's Diamond Scroll Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Harewood Scroll Tiara

Queen Mary of the United Kingdom's Sapphire Bandeau Tiara

Queen Mary

Princess Margaret

Creation: The center of the tiara is removable. Queen Mary wore the Delhi Durbar Carved Emerald Brooch in the center and Princess Margaret wore the sapphire center as a brooch.

Materials: diamonds and a sapphire

Provenance: 

1. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom
2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; inherited from her grandmother in 1953

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Queen Mary

Princess Margaret

Questions: 

• Does this tiara still exist intact?
• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweller created this tiara?
• Did this tiara belong to Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Marie Feodorovna's Sapphire Bandeau
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Mary's Sapphire Bandeau
• The Royal Watcher - Maria Feodorovna's Sapphire Bandeau

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom's Poltimore Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Garrard circa 1870 and can be converted into a necklace and eleven brooches.

Materials: diamonds set in silver and gold

Margaret Bampfylde

brooches

Sheila Stucley

Provenance:

1. Florence Bampfylde, Baroness Poltimore, née Brinsley Sheridan
2. Margaret Bampfylde, Baroness Poltimore, née Beaumont; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1909
3. George Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore; inherited from his mother in 1931
4. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, Countess of Snowdon; bought at auction for £5,500 in 1959
5. David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, and Lady Sarah Chatto; inherited from their mother in 2002
6. Unknown Owner; bought at auction at Christie's for £926,400 in 2006 

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Other Wearers:

• Sheila Stucley, Baroness Stucley, née Bampfylde

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Questions:

• Who currently owns this tiara?

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Links:

• Christie's - The Poltimore Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - The Poltimore Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - The Poltimore Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - The Poltimore Tiara 

Photos: Christie's

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom's Snowdon Floral Tiara

Lady Sarah Chatto

Lady Sarah Chatto

Creation: This tiara was made in 1994 by Wartski using a set of three floral brooches that belonged to Princess Margaret.

Materials: diamonds

Provenance:

1. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom; from Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, on the occasion of their 1960 wedding
2. Lady Sarah Chatto née Armstrong-Jones; from her mother

Princess Margaret

Lady Sarah Chatto

Other Wearers:

• Lady Frances von Hofmannsthal née Armstrong-Jones; at her 2006 wedding to Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal 

Questions:

• When were the floral brooches created?
• Which jeweler created the floral brooches?
• Did Princess Margaret give the tiara to Lady Sarah as a wedding gift in 1994 or did Lady Sarah inherit it in 2002?

Lady Frances

Lady Frances

Lady Frances

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Snowdon Floral Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Snowdon Floral Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Snowdon Floral Tiara

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom's Turquoise Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Garrard circa 1900. Queen Elizabeth had the top diamond border removed.

Materials: diamonds and Persian turquoises set in gold and platinum

Provenance:

1. Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom; from King George V and Queen Mary on the occasion of her 1923 marriage to King George VI of the United Kingdom
2. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, Countess of Snowdon; from her mother on the occasion of her 21st birthday in 1951

Queen Elizabeth

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Questions:

• Did this tiara belong to Queen Mary before she gave it to Queen Elizabeth?
• Was this tiara inherited by Princess Margaret's children in 2002 or did it return to the Queen's Collection like the Lotus Flower Tiara?

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Persian Turquoise Tiara
• Artemisia's Royal Jewels - Princess Margaret's Persian Turquoise Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Persian Turquoise Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Princess Margaret’s Turquoise Parure

Photos: Tiaras - A History of Splendour

Duchess of Teck's Hoop Necklace Tiara

Creation: This tiara was created circa 1860 and can be worn as a necklace.

Materials:  diamonds set in gold and silver

Princess Mary Adelaide

Princess Mary Adelaide

Provenance:

1. Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck
2. Marchioness Margaret of Cambridge; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1897
3. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom; bought or inherited from her sister-in-law
4. Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom; from her mother-in-law
5. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; from her mother
6. David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon; inherited from his mother in 2002

Marchioness Margaret

Queen Elizabeth

Questions:

• How did Queen Mary acquire this tiara from her sister-in-law?

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Teck Tiaras 
• The Royal Watcher - Teck Diamond Hoop Necklace
• The Court Jeweller - The Teck Hoop Necklace Tiara

Photos:  The Royal Collection/Tiaras - A History of Splendour

Duchess of Teck's Turquoise Parure Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made circa 1850 and in 1912 Queen Mary had the tiara altered by E. Wolff & Co.

Materials:  turquoises and diamonds

Queen Mary

Provenance:

1. Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck
2. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom; from her mother on the occasion of her 1983 marriage to King George
3. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her marriage in 1935
4. Duchess Brigitte of Gloucester; from her mother-in-law

Princess Alice

Duchess Birgitte

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweller created this tiara?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Teck Turquoise Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Gloucester Turquoise Parure 

Queen Mary of the United Kingdom's Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made in 1914 by E. Wolff & Co. for Garrard using diamonds from the dismantled County of Surrey Tiara and left over diamonds from the Ladies of England Tiara.  The center of the tiara was made to use the Cullinan V, a sapphire and diamond brooch, and a pink topaz and diamond brooch interchangeably.  Queen Mary later had the center of the tiara lowered and new diamond honeysuckle made to use in place of the other three stones.  When Queen Mary gave the tiara to Princess Alice, she only gave her the diamond honeysuckle center but Princess Alice later inherited the pink topaz brooch and acquired a cabochon emerald central piece.

Queen Mary

Duchess Birgitte

Materials:  diamonds with an interchangeable emerald or pink topaz

Princess Alice

Queen Mary

Princess Alice

Provenance:

1. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom
2. Princess Alice, Duchess of Goucester; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1935 marriage to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and she later inherited the pink topaz center stone in 1953
3. Duchess Brigitte of Gloucester; from her mother-in-law

Duchess Birgitte

Duchess Birgitte

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Mary's Honeysuckle Tiara 

Photos:  The Royal Collection/Tiaras - A History of Splendour