The Duchess of Teck’s tiara is “formed as a band of 20 crescents and three pave-set wild roses on a gold framework.” The elements that this tiara consists of were part of the inheritance from Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the Duchess of Teck, from her childless aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester. They were [read more]
Queen Alexandra’s Dagmar Necklace was commissioned by King Frederick VII of Denmark for the daughter of his future successor, Princess Alexandra, for her marriage to the then Prince of Wales in 1863. King Frederick furnished the replica of the Dagmar Cross from the 11th or 12th century with a splinter of wood, supposedly a fragment [read more]
The Duchess of Cambridge’s Brooch is a “large pearl bouton encircled by 14 brilliant in cut-down settings and a narrow pave-set cusped band, suspending a brilliant and a large pave-set baroque pearl.” Embed from Getty Images The Duchess of Cambridge, born Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, was the original owner of the brooch. Like most of [read more]
Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Earrings were part of a parure given to the then Princess Alexandra of Denmark by the future King Edward VII as a gift for their wedding. Embed from Getty Images The earrings consist of a “large pearl encircled by ten brilliant in fancy claw setting.” The entire parure by Garrard consisted of [read more]
Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara is “formed of 61 graduated bars, rising to the centre and pavé -set with 488 brilliants.” The Kokoshnik Tiara was modelled after the traditional form of a Russian girl’s headdress, and this version was given to the then Princess of Wales for her 25th wedding anniversary in 1888 by the “Ladies [read more]
Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Necklace consists of “eight pearl and diamond clusters, all detachable and all with spiral back clasps for attachments, the three at the centre with detachable brilliant and pavé-set baroque pearl pendants, linked by festoons of brilliant in open-back and cut-down silver collets.” Embed from Getty Images The necklace was part of a [read more]
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