It sounds like a quickly thrown together mishmash of comments and jewels. Why on earth include the Hesse Strawberry tiara? The link to the British royals is that Queen Victoria gave it to her daughter, Alice. But Queen Victoria never wore it, so I think it is a bit odd to have included it.
It sounds as if we in Australia didn't miss much!
E Wolfe still trades. See http://www.ewolfe.co.uk/index.php/the-history-of-e-wolfe-co
Originally the firm was a manufacturing jeweller for all the grand London retail jewellery houses and, according to Geoffrey Munn, were the tiara makers extraordinaire.
Geoffrey Munn included a photo of the original design drawing for Queen Mary's Lovers Knot tiara in his book Tiaras. A history of splendour on page 135. Copies of this now float around the net. One place where it can be seen is at http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2011/03/tiara-thursday-cambridge-lovers-knot.html
For those not familiar with the Darnley/Lennox jewel see the Royal Collection https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/trails/the-art-of-monarchy/the-darnley-jewel-or-lennox-jewel
Many thanks Sam!
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