Queen mary of teck bandeau tiara

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 her husband-to-be's grandmother Queen Victoria, who purchased it from Collingwood and Co.

Though Mary made the savvy choice in choosing it for her actual wedding day (pictured here), it wasn't necessarily a favorite of hers. In 1919, she dismantled the piece to make her now-famous Diamond Fringe Tiara.

Mary, Princess of Wales, commissioned Boucheron to create this tiara in 1902 using De Beers diamonds she had received the year before.

Queen mary of teck bandeau tiara

In this photograph, she also wears the Love Trophy Collar, and below it the County of Surrey Necklace/Tiara (more on this piece below). The Boucheron Loop Tiara was dismantled in 1911 to create the Delhi Durbar Tiara.