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Princess Marina Festoon Tiara Archived Message Posted by MarcA on August 25, 2018, 4:39 pm The thread on Princess Toria and her Cartier tiara has set me thinking about this piece: http://www.tiara-mania.com/2014/10/kent-festoon-tiara.html The tiara seems to have little to no provenance, it just appeared according to Beth (whom I doubt the information is less than 100% accurate) with the DoK after QM deaths. It's creation is thought to be around the turn of the century and it apparently comes in a Cartier box with no attribution though as such. The Kent's I believe by that point at the end of WW11 were not very well off. Churchill described her as the only war widow in England to pay death duties so a purchase seems unlikely. PT died in 1935 and left pretty much everything, that we know of, to EDOK. If the Kents did get this and unless we haven't found a photo yet it sat unworn for 18 years. Franck wondered if PT left anything to QM? So it may have sat in the vaults for a number of numbers. Mind you I didn't think QM did unworn for a number of years. So where/whom did Maria get it from? To add a twist her mother died in 1957 and as is not unlikely her mother may have made a dispersal of jewels before then. What does anyone else think or know? Message Thread: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - MarcA August 25, 2018, 4:39 pm Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - Beth August 25, 2018, 6:01 pm Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - MarcA August 25, 2018, 6:47 pm Queen Alexandra wearing pearl and diamond tiara - Beth August 26, 2018, 5:31 am Re: Queen Alexandra wearing pearl and diamond tiara - Dave August 26, 2018, 6:54 am Re: Queen Alexandra wearing pearl and diamond tiara - Beth August 26, 2018, 2:04 pm Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - Franck August 26, 2018, 5:47 am Re: Princess Marina Bow Brooch Rivieres - The Royal Watcher August 27, 2018, 12:19 pm Re: Princess Marina Bow Brooch Rivieres - Beth August 28, 2018, 6:14 am Re: Princess Marina Bow Brooch Rivieres - Franck August 28, 2018, 6:31 am Re: Princess Marina Rivieres - The Royal Watcher August 28, 2018, 4:30 pm Re: Princess Marina Rivieres - Beth August 28, 2018, 7:36 pm Re: Princess Marina Rivieres - The Royal Watcher August 28, 2018, 7:50 pm Re: Princess Marina Rivieres - Franck August 28, 2018, 10:54 pm Re: Princess Marina Rivieres - Dave August 29, 2018, 1:00 pm Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - 992234177 August 28, 2018, 2:01 am Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - Beth August 28, 2018, 6:20 am Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - interesting - Franck August 28, 2018, 6:27 am Re: Princess Marina Festoon Tiara - Dave August 28, 2018, 12:37 pm   Searching