The Cambridge sapphires| Queen Mary
A parure of sapphire and diamond tiara, sapphire necklace, sapphire stomacher, sapphire earrings and two sapphire bracelets that the Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Mary's grandmother, gave to her eldest daughter Augusta in 1843 when she married the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The Grand Duchess left these on her death in 1916 to her niece and goddaughter, Queen Mary, who in turn gave them to her goddaughter Princess Marina of Greece when in 1934 she married Queen Mary's fourth son, the Duke of Kent.
Sources: Observer July 1843;The Manchester Guardian1843;The Times;Sotheby’s Genf Mai 1993, Christie’s Genf Mai 1998;
