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May 29, 2017 · There are royal jewels, and then there are royal jewels from the collection of Mary of Teck. Queen Mary had a keen eye for brilliance when it came to augmenting and culling her jewelry collection, and the British royal vaults today are stocked with excellent pieces that came straight from her jewelry box. Here are ten of my favorite pieces from ...
Dec 18, 2021 · Mary of Teck wearing the County of Surrey Tiara, which could also be worn as a necklace. Mary, the daughter of the Duke of Teck, married the future King George V in 1893. She had originally...
- Contributing Jewelry & Watches Editor
- 3 min
Feb 14, 2023 · Princess Mary of Teck was gifted several tiaras on the occasion of her 1893 wedding to Prince George, Duke of York (the future King George V), among them a convertible fringe necklace/tiara from ...
- Leena Kim
- 3 min
- lkim@hearst.com
Nov 16, 2021 · Though Queen Mary’s reported strong-arm tactics as a collector may have been an abuse of power, there is no definitive proof that she was an outright thief. Scholars of Queen Mary, including...
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
- 31 March 1953, North Nave Aisle, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- Teck
May 29, 2020 · The Teck Turquoise Tiara. Mary received this tiara, which has a coordinating suite of turquoise and diamond jewels, from her parents as a wedding present in 1893. Never one of her most-worn pieces, she had the height of the tiara adjusted in 1912. Two decades later she gave the turquoises to her new daughter-in-law, Princess Alice, as a wedding ...
