Here is a 1861 miniature of Grand Duchess Augusta showing the original tiara:
Grand Duchess Augusta wearing the necklace with Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara:
Queen Mary with the parure:
Princess Marina with the parure:
However it is interesting to note that the original tiara as seen in the painting above shows that the tiara was much larger in its original form with 17 upright elements however as worn on Queen Mary and the Kent Duchesses it only has 7 elements. My theory is that the rest of the elements from the tiara were used as drops on an existing necklace and brooch by Grand Duchess Augusta to make a married parure and this was what was inherited by Queen Mary in 1916.
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