The wedding gifts received by Princess Marie Louise and Prince Aribert were were exhibited at Windsor Town Hall on Thursday 02 July 1891. (Source: The Morning Post)and then put on display at Cumberland Lodge. The photograph above shows the wedding gifts received by the Princess. In the middle is the large box of the diamond pearl choker, wearable as bracelets, which was the gift of her parents Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
a beaten gold bracelet with pearls sapphire and diamonds, from the Grand Duke and Princess Alice [sic] of Hesse
An important diamond brooch composed of a central trefoil, enclosed by a ribbon with trefoil terminals and a outer frame of graduated and alternate circular and pear-shaped collets, and suspending at the base, two collet pendant drops, is seen on the right-hand side in the open box with black fabric. It's not known who the giver was, but it was worn by Princess Marie Louise at the Coronation in 1937 above and later left to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester who sold it in 1975.
a beaten gold bracelet with pearls sapphire and diamonds, from the Grand Duke and Princess Alice [sic] of Hesse
a necklace with fine pearl and diamond clusters>> from Berkshire friends
a diamond and ruby spray from the Emperor of Austria, her godfather
a pearl and diamond>> necklace from Lady Friends in London
a diamond crescent>> from the matrons, sisters and nurses of the United Kingdom
a diamond riviere >> from Baron and Baroness Schröder
a diamond bracelet from Earl and Countess Cadogan,
a diamond bracelet from the Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury (Either the Cadogans or the Salisburys could be the giver of a Diamond and Pearl Bracelet, composed of a line of diamond collets intersected at intervals by a pearl, three of which have an emerald rondelle each side. This was left to Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester who sold it in 1975, in the picture above).
a moonstoon and diamond brooch Madame Albani
a moonstone and diamond brooch Lady Elch and Lady Grosvenor
a enamelled and diamond brooch Lady Northcote
two gold-topped bottles Duchess of Manchester
a gold and pearl necklace Sir Theodore and Lady Martin
a ruby and diamond brooch Lady Malet
a diamond brooch Earl of Lathom
a gold chatelaine
a diamond pendant from Mrs Bonynge
gifts to her fiancé included:
a pair of engraved silver salvers (from Queen Victoria),
a service of silver plate (from Prince and Princess Christian),
a pearl and diamond cluster scarf pin
Gifts from others included: the Dowager Duchess of Roxeburghe, the Duke of Westminster, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, Earl and Countess Cadogan, Lord and Lady Knutsford, Earl and Countess of Coventry, Lady Ponsonby, Lord and Lady Halsbury, Sir John and Lady Cowell, Sir Fleetwood and Lady Edwards, Countess Hatzfeldt, Earl and Countess of Arran, Lady Revelstoke, Countess of Bradford and many others.
Nothing is known about the wedding gift of the Kaiser and Kaiserin of Germany, who attend the wedding.
Sources: Royal Collection; The Times; Field;