Re: Does this tiara still exist? Archived Message
Posted by TMN Raugravine  on December 19, 2011, 4:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Does this tiara still exist?"
Oh my gosh. That is the PERFECT way to describe the site of Ursula. It seems a maze of magnificence that I am not smart enough to decode. But I love it so much. Thank you for your information. I suppose the other gold head ornament was melted down and re-purposed.
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: The whole parure was inherited by Queen Mary.
: After her death it was inherited by the Duke
: of Kent. The Duchess has worn it, but the
: tiara was sold. The Kents created a sapphire
: tiare from the necklace (not a big success
: in my eyes, but thatīs a matter of taste). I
: didnīt see any pictures of the new one from
: the last years. The tiara seems to be lost.
: Keeping dust in the vault of a collector or
: broken for the stones...
:
: There are informations on the great royal
: magazin of Ursula, but Iīm lost in
: navigation there...
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: --Previous Message--
: Grand Duchess of Augusta of
: Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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