-QM acquried the emeralds in 1910 from Lady Kilmore -Emeralds were placed on Delhi Durbar Tiara in 1911/1912 -Removed permanently from D.D. tiara in 1922 -The bandeau in question was purchased in 1925/1926, but was upgraded in 1932 to adapt to the emeralds -The bandeau was bequeathed to the Duchess of Kent in 1953 without the emeralds. -1924 QM had the Vladmir tiara adapted to take the emeralds
I guess QM really liked to play with her jewelry. I guess she didn't know what to do with the emeralds so she adapted a lot her tiaras to fit with the emeralds.
In my post above, I was saying the emeralds were definately supplied by QM. I was suggesting that maybe the bottom of the bandeau came from Queen Victoria's Wedding Necklace. And the rest of the diamonds were purchased from the jeweller. I just guessing because, most of Queen Mary's jewelry was gifts from other people. Most of the time she just re-worked old jewelry. In the book, only the Lover's Knot Bow brooch is a new complete commission. In the book(related to the tiara in question) it doesn't stipulate what specifically QM gave to the jeweller to make this tiara. How do you know it was a "stock tiara?" I think I am missing something.