The Duchess of Gloucester’s Pendant Earrings were inherited by Princess Mary Adelaide, future Duchess of Teck, from her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, in 1857. They were then passed to her daughter, the future Queen Mary, upon her death in 1897. The earrings each have a “detachable pendant pearl suspended from cut-down collets, within [read more]
Queen Mary’s Love Trophy Collar was made in March 1901 for the future Queen Mary when she was Duchess of Cornwall and York. The collar is “formed of seven brilliant-set panels, each with an amatory trophy of bow, quiver and torch in a laurel-wreath oval suspended from a ribbon-tie, framed by foliate brilliant-set bands.” The [read more]
One of the little-known gems of the British royal family’s jewellery collection is Queen Mary’s Town of Windsor Ring. It was a wedding present for the future Queen Mary from the town of Windsor in 1893. It was reset for her in 1924. It was bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1953 and [read more]
The Duchess of Teck’s Flower Brooch was probably inherited by Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, from her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester. When the Duchess of Teck died, it was given to her eldest son, Prince Adolphus, but by 1923, it was in the possession of his sister, Queen Mary. Embed from Getty [read more]
The Duchess of Teck’s Collet Necklace, or at least part of it, was gifted to Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, by her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester. In 1856, Princess Mary Adelaide recorded the gift of “the promised necklace from dear kind aunt Mary.” When the Duchess of Gloucester died the following year, [read more]
Queen Mary’s Kensington Bow Brooch is a “pavé-set bow in the form of a double ribbon, the larger two diamonds in cut-down settings, with pavé-set baroque pearl pendant.” Embed from Getty Images The brooch was given to the then Princess Mary of Teck by the inhabitants of Kensington to mark her wedding to the then [read more]
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