Re: Origin of Duchess of Teck's ears of wheat tiara Archived Message
Posted by Scarlett  on June 23, 2016, 7:32 pm, in reply to "Origin of Duchess of Teck's ears of wheat tiara"
I like how the princess added jewels to give two different looks to her stomacher.
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: We know that, at one time, the Duchess of Teck
: was painted wearing an ears of wheat tiara,
: which was subsequently worn by her
: daughter-in-law, Princess Alice, Countess of
: Athlone.
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: Duchess in an 1882 portrait by H Schmiechen
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: https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/406715/princess-mary-adelaide-duchess-of-teck-1833-97
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: The flexibility of this jewel can be seen as
: Prince Alice wore it in at least two
: configurations.
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: Even though the Duchess of Teck was painted
: wearing this jewel before her mother's death
: in April 1889, I suspect that the tiara may
: have originally belonged to the Duchess of
: Cambridge, as I recently found a description
: of her wearing ears of wheat in her head
: dress.
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: The Times 30 June 1863. Occasion was a
: reception at Marlborough House shortly after
: the wedding of the then Prince and Princess
: of Wales.
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: There are a number of reports in the media
: of Princess Mary Adelaide wearing silver
: ears of wheat in her hair and on her dress
: at various royal events prior to her
: marriage but, as no diamonds were mentioned,
: they may have been different ornaments.
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: Sadly, this jewel has not been seen in many
: years. I suspect that it has been sold or
: dismantled to form jewels more suited to
: modern times.
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: PS As the term "carbuncle" has
: come up so often in relation to jewels worn
: by the Duchess of Teck as a young, unmarried
: woman I did a search. It seems to have been
: used to describe a dark red stone usually
: either ruby or garnet. There are a couple of
: reports stating that she wore alternating
: diamond and ruby stars on a tiara so perhaps
: in this case the reference is to rubies.
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