Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom's Sapphire Coronet

Creation: This tiara was designed by Prince Albert and made by Joseph Kitching in 1842 for £415.

Materials: kite and cushion cut sapphires set in gold and diamonds set in silver

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Provenance:

1. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
2. Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1901
3. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1925
4. Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood; from her parents on the occasion of her 1922 marriage to Henry Lascelles, Earl of Harewood
5. George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood; inherited from his mother in 1965
6. David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood; inherited from his father in 2011
7. London Jewellery Dealer; in August 2016 the dealer attempted to sell the tiara to a foreign buyer but the United Kingdom's Culture Minister issued a temporary export ban preventing it from leaving the country with the hope that the tiara will be purchased by a British museum
8. Victoria & Albert Museum; bought by William Bollinger and donated to the museum to be part of the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery

Princess Mary

Princess Mary

Princess Mary

Other Wearers:

• Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
• Andrea Lascelles; at her 1992 wedding to Mark Lascelles

Questions:

• When was the tiara sold by the Lascelles family? 
• Which London jewellery dealer bought the tiara?

Patricia Lascelles

Andrea Lascelles

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Queen Victoria's Sapphire Coronet
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Victoria's Sapphire Coronets 
• Royal Magazin - Sapphire Coronet
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Coronet
• Tesouras & Tiaras - Queen Victoria's Sapphire Coronet
• The Royal Watcher - Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Coronet

Photos: The Royal Collection/Wartski