The Duchess of Gloucester Jewellery

[Josefine]

How many tiaras are there in the glousester family?

 

[Artemisia]

How many tiaras are there in the glousester family?

The Gloucesters have the following tiaras that I know of:

- The Honeysuckle Tiara (can be worn in all-diamond version, or with a pink topaz or an emerald in the middle)
- Princess Marie Louise’s Indian Tiara (my personal favourite from the Gloucester collection)
- The Teck Turquoise Tiara (comes with a matching turquoise parure)
- Princess Alice's Tiara (can be worn with diamonds or emeralds)
- The Gloucester Diamond Bandeau
- Queen Mary's Iveagh Tiara

 

[bertie5252003]

I love a bit of turquoise myself I think they are all stunning though and yes the Indian is gorgeous I can see why you like it Artemisia thanks for the photos.

 

[Warren]

Gloucester tiaras

1. the diamond bandeau tiara (larger diamonds can be interchanged with emeralds)
2. the "other" diamond tiara - last seen worn by the Countess of Ulster at her wedding in 2002
Thumbnail image cropped from larger photograph.

 

[NGalitzine]

Has the Duchess ever actually worn the Indian tiara? It looks rather heavy and uncomfortable. Usually she seems to appear in the Honeysuckle or the turquoise tiaras. I thought the Iveagh was a wedding present from the Earl of Iveagh to Alice and Henry. How does Queen Mary get linked to the Iveagh?

 

[Warren]

The Duchess of Gloucester wearing the Cartier Indian tiara, provenance of Princess Marie Louise
Thumbnail images cropped from a larger photographs.

 

[NGalitzine]

Thanks. It still looks heavy and uncomfortable.

 

[Josefine]

Thank you so much

And by looking at these photos there are some Grand necklaces in the family

 

[ldmemail]

Has the Duchess ever actually worn the Indian tiara? It looks rather heavy and uncomfortable. Usually she seems to appear in the Honeysuckle or the turquoise tiaras. I thought the Iveagh was a wedding present from the Earl of Iveagh to Alice and Henry. How does Queen Mary get linked to the Iveagh?

The Iveagh tiara was a wedding present to the Duke and Duchess of York who became King George V & Queen Mary.

 

[Warren]

And by looking at these photos there are some Grand necklaces in the family

The Gloucester necklaces are very adaptable...

Some of the Duchess of Gloucester's Necklaces

1. Diamond necklace with diamond brooch/stomacher
2. Diamond necklace with diamond cross pendant
3. Diamond necklace with Kunzite brooch attached
4. Diamond necklace with diamond and [pearl?/mother of pearl?] pendant
5. Diamond & Turquoise necklace
6. Diamond & Emerald necklace
7. Gloucester Emeralds
8. Gloucester Emeralds (again)

...All thumbnail images are cropped portions from much larger photographs.

 

[NGalitzine]

The Duchess has better jewels than some Queens.

 

[auntie]

The Duchess has better jewels than some Queens.

Yup, it makes me happy to see that in some families the jewels stay in tact. But I fear the next generation will be different

 

[An Ard Ri]

Yup, it makes me happy to see that in some families the jewels stay in tact. But I fear the next generation will be different

A very impressive collection,but sadly the next generation may not need so many grand pieces.

 

[Josefine]

That is impressive

I found a blogpost about the turquoise set
Golden Aged: Turquoise Parures of Queen Mary

 

[Baroness of Books]

A beautiful collection of jewelry that can rival some royal houses. I hate to think that many of these pieces might be eventually sold off if there's no need for them and if there are financial difficulties.

 

[Mariel]

I love the diamond bandeaus, with one being worn in the picture by the Countess of Ulster. Lighter weight but still sparkly and elegant. Yes, these people have jewels!

 

[PrincessofEurope]

the Duchess of Gloucester is indeed very lucky to think of the amount and variety of the jewels she has - i think she has access to 6 tiaras. If you look at the Belgian royal family they would be lucky to have that number in total between all the ladies.

It will be a shame to see these tiaras being sold off to pay inheritance tax after the Duke's death. His mother had the right idea to pass on the family jewels and tiaras to her son and daughter-in-law when the old Duke of Gloucester died - therefore avoiding a hefty tax thus the collection has remained intact.

 

[bertie5252003]

I think I am in love with all her jewels.....

 

[Josefine]

The duchess turnés 67 years
There is a wonderful collection in the family.
I hope we Will see them on her dughters in the future

 

[branchg]

A beautiful collection of jewelry that can rival some royal houses. I hate to think that many of these pieces might be eventually sold off if there's no need for them and if there are financial difficulties.

Unfortunately, this is likely to happen once Brigitte and Richard have both passed on. The death duties will be substantial and the considerable monies that could be earned from auctioning the jewels are likely to be very tempting as they are far from rich.

 

[muriel]

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Tiara Thursday: The Cartier Indian Tiara

The Cartier Indian Tiara

 

[rubies]

Its just exquisite. The workmanship and the "look " itself is so stunning and sparkley. I love it!

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Tiara Thursday: The Cartier Indian Tiara

The Cartier Indian Tiara

Its unique but I'm not sure if I like it,the jury is still out! I'll have a look and see if I can find some more photo's of it.

 

[muriel]

Its unique but I'm not sure if I like it,the jury is still out! I'll have a look and see if I can find some more photo's of it.

I think it is lovely, and I would love to see it somehow end up to the main line of the BRF - Camilla would do it justice!

 

[muriel]

Did anybody get to see pictures of the tiara that the Duchess used whilst hosting the banquet at the Guildhall for the President of Ireland?

 

[Tiara Mania]

Tiaras worn by the Gloucester ladies

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Gloucester Diamond Tiara
Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara
Gloucester Leafage Tiara
Teck Turquoise Parure Tiara

The Duchess of Gloucester (Birgitte)
Gloucester Diamond Tiara
Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara
Gloucester Leafage Tiara
Indian Tiara
Teck Turquoise Parure Tiara

The Countess of Ulster (Claire)
Ulster Wedding Tiara (pic)

Lady Rose Gilman
Gloucester Leafage Tiara

 

[An Ard Ri]

THE IVEAGH TIARA


Saturday Sparkler: The Iveagh Tiara | The Court Jeweller

 

[IloveCP]

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Tiara Thursday: The Iveagh Tiara

This tiara is very beautiful. It's an exquisite design.

 

[maria-olivia]

No one of their 3 Children will wear later these many tiaras .

 

[PrincessofEurope]

The Gloucester collection is one of the most extensive outside of the main royal collection - and it will be a shame that there will be no use for the children in the years to come to wear the man tiaras. the collection will likely be sold unless it is gifted back to main royal collection