Fürstenberg Blackened Steel Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Henri Picq for Cartier circa 1912.

Materials: diamonds set in blackened steel and platinum

Kimberly Smith

Provenance:

1. Princess Franziska Ida Mena of Fürstenberg née Countess Nostitz-Rieneck; from her husband, Prince Karl Egon V Fürstenberg on the occasion of their 1921 marriage
2. Fürstenberg Family; inherited in 1961
3. Unknown Owner; sold at auction at Sotheby's in November 2015 for $536,165
4. Unknown Owner; sold at auction at Christie's in November 2018 for $542,838

Eugenie Niachros

Andrew Prince

Other Wearers:

• Noor Fares
• Eugenie Niarchos
• Andrew Prince
• Kimberly Smith
• Cathy Topp

Cathy Topp

Noor Fares

  
Questions:

• Who is the current owner of this tiara?

Links:

• Sotheby's - Steel and Diamond Tiara, Cartier
• Christie's - Steel & Diamond Tiara, Cartier
  
• Royal Magazin - Fürstenberg Blackened Steel Tiara
  

Photos: Sotheby's/Instagram

Suzanne Marghiloman's Blackened Steel Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Henri Picq for Cartier in 1914.

Materials: diamonds and rubies set in platinum and blackened steel

Provenance:

1. Suzanne Avery Marghiloman née Crets; bought for the coronation of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania
2. Cartier Collection

Questions:

• How did this tiara become part of the Cartier Collection?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Queen Marie's Blackened Steel Kokoshnik

Photos: Cartier

Princess Olga of Yugoslavia's Diamond Floral Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Boucheron in 1907.  Princess Olga later had a diamond rivière added along the base of the tiara.

Materials:  white and yellow diamonds

Princess Olga

Princess Olga

Provenance:

1. Princess Maria Abamelek Lazarev nee Princess Maria Pavlovna Demidova
2. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia nee Princess of Greece; from her husband's aunt
3. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia; inherited from his mother 1997
4. Albion Art Institute

Princess Barbara

Other Wearers:

• Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia

Questions:

• Are there any photos of Princess Maria wearing the tiara?
• When was this tiara bought by the Albion Art Institute?

Links:

• Luxarazzi - Princess Olga of Greece's Boucheron Diamond Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Princess Olga’s Boucheron Diamond Tiara

Photos:  Boucheron

Princess Elena of Greece's Diamond Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier and it could be worn without the diamond drops.

Materials:  diamonds

Princess Olga

Princess Olga

Provenance:

1. Princess Elena of Greece & Denmark; from her mother, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, on the occasion of her 1902 marriage to Prince Nicholas of Greece & Denmark
2. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; from her mother

 
Other Wearers:

• Princess Maria Pia of Savoy; at the wedding of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium in 1960

Princess Maria Pia

Princess Elena

Princess Olga

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact? 
• Did Princess Olga sell the diamond drops prior to 1960?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Diamond Kokoshnik
• The Royal Watcher - Princess Olga’s Diamond Kokoshnik Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Yugoslavian Diamond Kokoshnik 

Photos:  Cartier

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia's Fringe Tiara

Creation:

Materials:  diamonds

Grand Duchess Maria

Queen Maria of Yugoslavia

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Maria, Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; from her father, Emperor Alexander II of Russia, on the occasion of her 1874 marriage to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
2. Queen Marie of Romania; from her mother in 1920
3. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; from her mother in 1938
4. Levy-Cohen; bought at auction in Sotheby's for £10,800 in 1960

Other Wearers:

• Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera

Princess Beatrice

Queen Marie of Romania

Queen Marie of Romania

Questions:

• Which jeweller created this tiara? 
• Who currently owns this tiara?

Links:

• Royal Romania - Three Maries Wearing Historical Diamond Fringe Tiara 
• Royal Magazin - Maria Alexandrovna's Fringe Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Yugoslavian Fringe Tiara

Photos:  Sotheby's

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia's Emerald Kokoshnik

Creation:  This tiara was made by Bolin using emeralds that belonged to Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.  The emeralds could be removed and worn as other pieces of jewellery.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Materials: diamonds and seven cabochon emeralds set in gold and silver

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Grand Duchess Maria

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna; from her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, on the occasion of their 1884 marriage
2. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna; from her aunt on the occasion of her 1908 marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
3. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia; bought from Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
4. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; from her husband, King Alexander of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of their 1922 marriage
5. King Peter II of Yugoslavia; from his mother
6. Van Cleef & Arpels; bought in 1949, removed the emeralds and replaced with paste stones

Queen Maria

Queen Maria

Other Wearers:

• Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia
• Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia; loaned from Van Cleef & Arpels without the original emeralds

Princess Elizabeth

Questions:

• Who currently owns the emeralds?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Emerald Kokoshnik
• The Court Jeweller - Yugoslavian Emerald Kokoshnik 
• The Royal Watcher - Yugoslavian Emerald Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Yugoslavian Emeralds
• Jenni Wiltz - Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna's Emerald Tiara

Photos:  Van Cleef & Arpels

Princess Marthe Bibesco's Emerald Bandeau Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in the early 1920s from an existing tiara and can be worn as a necklace.

Materials: emeralds and diamonds

Princess Marthe

Princess Marthe

Provenance:

1. Princess Marthe Bibesco née Lahovary
2. Unknown Owner; bought at auction at Christie's in 1970

Princess Marthe

Princess Marthe

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact? 
• Who currently owns this tiara?
  

Links:

• The Royal Watcher - Princess Bibesco’s Emerald Tiara 

Photos: Christie's

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia's Meander Tiara

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna

Crown Princess Margareta

Creation: 

Materials:  diamonds

Queen Helen

Queen Helen

Queen Helen

Provenance: 

1. Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia nee Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; from her husband, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, on the occasion of their 1905 marriage
2. Queen Marie of Romania nee Princess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; bought from her sister after the Russian Revolution
3. Queen Helen of Romania nee Princess of Greece; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1921 marriage to King Carol II of Romania
4. Queen Anne of Romania nee Princess of Bourbon-Parma; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1948 marriage to King Michael of Romania
5. Crown Princess Margareta of Romania; from her mother

Queen Anne

Princess Maria

Queen Anne

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Maria of Romania; at her 1995 wedding to Casimir Mystkowski

Questions: 

• Which jeweler created this tiara?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Greek Key Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Meander Kokoshnik 
• Royal Magazin - Romanian Meander Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Romanian Greek Key Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Romanian Greek Key Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Romanian Greek Key Tiara

Queen Marie of Romania's Pearl Tiara

Queen Marie

Queen Marie

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier.

Materials:  diamonds and pearls

Queen Elisabeth

Provenance:

1. Queen Marie of Romania nee Princess of Edinburgh; bought in 1921
2. Queen Elisabeth of Greece nee Princess of Romania; inherited from her mother in 1938

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact?

Links:

• The Royal Watcher - Queen Marie’s Cartier Pearl Tiara

Queen Elisabeth of Romania's Pearl & Diamond Tiara

Queen Marie

Queen Marie

Creation:  This tiara was made by Oscar Massin.

Materials:  diamonds and pearls

Provenance:

1. Queen Elisabeth of Romania nee Princess of Wied; on the occasion of her 1869 marriage to King Carol I of Romania from the Romania Aristocratic Ladies Association
2. Queen Marie of Romania nee Princess of Edinburgh; from her husband's aunt

Queen Elisabeth

Queen Elisabeth

Questions:

• What happened to this tiara after it was sent to Russia for safekeeping before WWI and stolen by Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Pearl & Diamond Tiara of the Queen of Romania
• The Court Jeweller - Romanian Massin Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Romanian Massin Tiara