Re: The Kent Festoon tiara - the origin of the tiara Archived Message
Posted by LDMJ  on December 22, 2016, 1:51 pm, in reply to "Re: The Kent Festoon tiara - the origin of the tiara"
Beth, you raise a valid point! I too have never seen pictorial evidence of Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll wearing such a tiara. Originally I was lead to believe that the tiara was a wedding present from the Duke.
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: I have taken the liberty of changing the
: heading so that those who prefer the term
: "Kent Festoon tiara" will be able
: to find this thread more easily in the
: future.
:
: I would like to throw another possibility
: into the discussion about the provenance of
: this tiara, as I have never seen any
: definite evidence that the tiara previously
: belonged to Princess Louise, the Duchess of
: Argyle.
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: As far as I know Princess Marina was only
: photographed wearing the tiara circa 1953.
:
: The advent of WWII meant that the British
: Royal ladies were not photographed or
: reported to be wearing very grand jewels
: until after the war, so the long delay
: between the death of Princess Louise and the
: first photo (I know of) of Princess Marina
: wearing the tiara is not something I would
: place a great deal of emphasis on.
: But I have never seen any evidence that
: Princess Louise ever owned a tiara fitting
: this description - but, of course, that
: means nothing.
:
: Currently I am wondering (because of the
: date of the first photos I am aware of when
: Princess Marina was seen or photographed
: with this tiara circa 1953) if Princess
: Marina inherited the tiara from Queen Mary.
:
: The evidence is nebulous, but I think it
: should be kept open as a possibility.
:
: We know that King George and Queen Mary came
: into possession of a number of items
: belonging to Queen Alexandra.
:
: I have long been intrigued by press reports
: of Queen Alexandra, as Princess of Wales,
: wearing a diamond and pearl tiara. Below is
: one of those press reports, long before when
: she became Queen and when such a description
: might refer to the Diamond Diadem of Queen
: Victoria. Yet, I have never seen an image of
: Queen Alexandra, either as Queen or Princess
: of Wales, with a diamond and pearl tiara.
:
: The Times 4 July 1889 describing her
: jewels at a State Ball.
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: What strikes me about the Kent Festoon tiara
: is the similarities between its design and
: that of Queen Alexandra's turquoise tiara
: which is now in the Norwegian collection.
: Even though the design is not the same, I
: see similarities. Of course, this is not
: proof, as the design elements were
: commonplace for the mid-nineteenth century,
: but they did make me wonder, as I believe
: that Princess Marina probably inherited this
: tiara rather than having purchased it
: herself.
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