Very interesting !! thank you so much !!
A° Queen Mary wore on least several hair ornaments : - Honeysuckle ornament ; (From Nellie) ;
- Stars brooches (made to do the choker) ;
- the aigrette with pear-shaped pearls and diamonds in the form of a bouquet of forget-me knots. (photos from the royal Magazin)
- The feather diamond aigrette which was given to her by her groom Prince George ;
(photos from the royal Magazin)
B° To answer Beth : - The head jewel photographed in Melbourne : the central brooch is the diamond rose brooch (in the vault)
- The pearl and diamond tiara may be the one worn by Princess Anne ???
C° From the jewels known by us :
Only one msytery : the laurel leaves tiara which was worn by QM and PM (maybe the one given as a wedding gift by the King of Italy).
We now know where are the other tiaras (including the lozenge tiara which must be in the vault -worn by Princess Margaret in 1965)
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A great list 992234177!
Can I say, I appreciated how you distinguished between tiaras which Queen Mary dismantled and reused the gemstones. That really helped me.
Apologies for such a late reply 992234177 (and everyone). I have had a few busy days.
Other tiaras which I think Queen Mary had.
Perhaps these are not all strictly speaking tiaras, and I should simply say head jewels. (I am excluding photos where it seems that Queen Mary is wearing a single brooch as a head jewel)
1. An aigrette on a base -- years ago posters on the RJWMB identified this as a ruby jewel.
From a different angle.
2. Another head jewel photographed in Melbourne, Australia 1901.
Arthur from the RJWMB worked out that the base was the same as the jewel holding the aigrette seen above. I think he also identified the brooch, but I can no longer remember or find the thread.
3. I have always believed that the head jewel seen in the painting below is not part of the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara -- but others disagree.