Countess Marianne Bernadotte's Diamond Garland Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier circa 1920.

Materials: diamonds

Provenance: 

1. Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg née Baroness Marianne De Geer af Leufsta

Countess Marianne

Countess Marianne

Questions: 

• Does this tiara still exist intact?
• Who currently owns this tiara?

Links: 

• Royal Magazin - Marianne Bernadotte Wallenberg's Diamond Tiara

Photos: Cartier

Princess Karima of Egypt's Diamond Necklace Tiara

Princess Karima

as a necklace

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier circa 1930 and can be worn as a necklace, bracelet, or set of brooches.

Materials: diamonds set in platinum

Provenance: 

1. Princess Karima Halim of Egypt
2. Princess  Emina Tousson of Egypt; inherited in 1971
   
3. Unknown Owner; sold at Christie's in 1980 for 75,000 USD
4. Unknown Owner; sold at Sotheby's in 2010 for 185,650 USD
   
5. Unknown Owner; sold at Sotheby's in 2015 for 287,277 USD
   

Questions: 

• Who currently owns this tiara? 

Links:

• Sotheby's - Diamond Necklace Combination, Cartier, Paris, Circa 1930s
• Sotheby's - Diamond Necklace Combination

Princess Lilian of Belgium's Diamond Floral Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1938 and the center flower can be worn as a brooch. 

Princess Lilian

Princess Lilian

Materials: diamonds set in platinum

Provenance: 

1. Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy, née Baels
2. unknown owner; sold at Christie's in the 1980s in an altered form

Marguerite Lebrun

Princess Maria Gabriella

Princess Lilian

Other Wearers: 

• Marguerite Lebrun; during the 1938/9 state visit to the United Kingdom
• Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy; at one of the balls celebrating the marriage of King Baudouin in December 1960
• unknown model

Princess Lilian

unknown model

Questions: 

• Was this tiara only a loan from Cartier?
• Does this tiara still exist intact?

altered version

Links:

• The Royal Watcher - Princess de Réthy’s Cartier Flower Tiara

Photos: Bijoux des Reines et Princesses de Belgique/Christie's

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium's Turquoise Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1912 using turquoise possibly given to Queen Elisabeth by King Leopold II.

Materials: turquoise and diamonds

Provenance: 

1. Queen Elisabeth of Belgium née Duchess in Bavaria

Queen Elisabeth

Questions: 

• Does this tiara still exist intact?

Photos: Bijoux des Reines et Princesses de Belgique

Princess Andrée Aga Khan's Emerald & Pearl Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier.

Materials: emeralds, pearls, and diamonds

Princess Andrée

Princess Andrée

Provenance: 

1. Princess Andrée Aga Khan née Andrée Joséphine Carron
2. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; inherited from his mother in 1976
3. unknown owner; sold at Christie's in 1988 with the proceeds going to the Bellerive Foundation

Princess Andrée

illustration from the Cartier: Style & History exhibition

Questions: 

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

Princess Andrée Aga Khan's Lotus Halo Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier in 1934.  The lower zig-zag portion may be removed and worn as a bandeau.

Materials: diamonds set in platinum

Provenance: 

1. Princess Andrée Aga Khan née Andrée Joséphine Carron
2. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; inherited from his mother in 1976
3. unknown owner; sold at Christie's in 1988 with the proceeds going to the Bellerive Foundation

Princess Andrée

Questions:

• Who currently owns this tiara?

Oei Hui Lan's Diamond Tiara

Oei Hui Lan

Oei Hui Lan

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier circa 1920.

Materials: diamonds

Provenance: 

1. Oei Hui Lan, Madame Wellington Koo

Questions: 

• Does this tiara still exist intact?

Princess Azrinaz of Brunei's Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1919.

Materials: diamonds set in platinum

Princess Azrinaz

Princess Azrinaz

Provenance:

1. Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim formerly Princess Consort (Pengiran Isteri) of Brunei

Questions:

• Who owned this tiara prior to Azrinaz?

Links:

• Glam Magazine - Che Puan Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom's Bracelet Bandeau Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier in 1925.  It can be assembled from a combination of three of a set of five bracelets; one emerald, one ruby, one sapphire, and two diamond.

Materials:  emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

Provenance:

1. Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom; from her husband on separate occasions in 1924 and 1925
2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; inherited from her mother in 2002

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II

Links:

• The Court Jeweller - The Queen Mother's Bandeau 
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - The Queen Mother's Cartier Bracelet Bandeau
• All Things Royal - Queen Mum's Cartier Bracelet Bandeau

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia's Waterfall Aigrette Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1908 from an existing aigrette.

Materials: diamonds

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia née Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact?

Princess Irina Yusupov's Rock Crystal Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Charles Jacqueau for Cartier in 1911.

Materials: rock crystal and diamonds set in platinum

Provenance:

1. Princess Irina Yusupov née Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia; from her husband, Prince Felix Yusupov, on the occasion of their 1914 marriage

Princess Irina

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact? 
• What happened to this tiara after it was confiscated by the Bolsheviks from Yusupov Palace in 1925?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Yusupov Rock Crystal Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Princess Irina's Wedding Tiara
• Jenni Wiltz - Irina Youssoupov's Wedding Tiara

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia's Sapphire Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1908.

Materials: sapphires and diamonds

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia; from her father, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, on the occasion of her marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact?

Countess of Essex's Diamond Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1902.

Materials: diamonds set in silver and gold

Clementine Churchill

Provenance:

1. Adele Capell née Grant, Countess of Essex; from her husband 
2. Unknown Owner;
3. Diamond Merchant; bought at auction at Christie's in 1990
4. Cartier Collection; bought by Eric Nussbaum, director of the Cartier Collection from a diamond merchant in 1990

Crown Princess Margareta

Vogue model

Other Wearers:

• Clementine Churchill née Hozier, Baroness Spencer-Churchill; at the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• Crown Princess Margareta of Romania; at her 1996 wedding to Radu Duda
• unknown model; in the December 2001 issue of Vogue UK
• Rihanna; in the September 2016 issue of W Magazine

Rihanna

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cartier Essex Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Cartier Essex Tiara

Photos: Cartier/W Magazine/Vogue UK

Princess Olga Paley's Diamond Drop Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1911 from an existing tiara that had been made by Cartier in 1908. It can be worn as a devant de corsage.

Materials: diamonds

Provenance:

1. Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley née Karnovitch von Pistohlkors

Princess Olga

Princess Olga

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact? 
• Was this tiara part of the jewels that were confiscated by the Bolsheviks from Grand Duke Paul's bank deposit vault in 1918?

Princess Olga Paley's Aquamarine Aigrette Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1912.

Materials: aquamarines and diamonds

Provenance:

1. Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley, Countess von Hohenfelsen, née Karnovich von Pistohlkors
2. Unknown Owner; inherited in 1929 
3. Dimitri Zafiropulo; bought in 1930
4. Fanny Zafiropulo Bouboulis; inherited from her father in 1959
5. Unknown Owner; sold at auction at Sotheby's in 2009 for $512,014

Lauren Cuthbertson

unknown woman

Euphrosyne Eugenidi

Other Wearers:

• Euphrosyne Eugenidi; during the Greek state visit to the United Kingdom in 1963
• Lauren Cuthbertson

Questions:

• Who currently owns this tiara? 
• Who inherited the tiara after Princess Olga passed away in 1929?

Links:

• Sotheby's - Fine and Important Aquamarine and diamond aigrette tiara, Cartier, 1912

Photos: Sotheby's