The second reference I was thinking of comes from G Munn Tiaras A history of Splendour. Munn quotes Lady Monkswell's recollection of a reception at the Foreign Office in May 1894. She described Queen Alexandra as, "Her hair most beautifully done with a splendid diamond tiara with great emeralds in it, put on in exactly the right place."
I very much doubt if on that occasion Queen Alexandra would have had access to Queen Victoria's tiara, although it is of course possible.
Munn also provides another reference to a different emerald tiara owned by Queen Victoria. The description comes from an inventory made by Garrard for Queen Victoria in 1896. It was described as --
"A diadem of 15 points, each point composed of a pearl between 2 emeralds set in gold wire, between each point a large lask diamond surrounded by 7 others rather smaller; the diadem set on a band of lask Diamonds."
Hi Beth, there was Queen Victoria's emerald tiara as designed by Prince Albert. It could have been worn after QV's death by QA. (Of course I'm not suggesting this is the tiara referred to in the DM's story.
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