Posted by Cristina on October 21, 2012, 5:17 pm, in reply to "Re: One and the same"
So do you have other information on the origins of the tiara called "from Maria Feodorovna"? Was it a Romanov piece but not from the Empress?
Thanks
--Previous Message-- : The tiara with the sapphire centre worn by : Queen Mary and later loaned to Princess : Margaret actually never belonged to Marie : Feodorevna. : The Empress did not have any tiara's among : the gems with her in Kiev when she fled : south during the revolution. : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : I am 100% convinced that the tiara worn by : Sophie of Wessex at the prewedding gala of : Luxembourg and the tiara worn by the Queen : in 1971 are one and the same. : We just have to open our eyes, absolutely : matches in every single detail, from the : shape itself to the frame. : I support the theory that this piece just : stayed for decades in the vaults, after all : we all know it happened before. : The Queen herself mentioned that she had : forgotten for many years that Granny's tiara : had a separate diamond base! : Perhaps when they were searching in the : vaults for the Halo tiara (also not seen : since early 1970's) for Catherine of : Cambridge they also : "redescovered" this one . : Let's hope the next one they redescover for : our delight is Maria Feodorovna's diamond : and center saphire tiara! : ... and there is a certain Duchess who : already has a nice sapphire ring to go with : the sapphire bandeau : : :