The Van Nostrand Tiara is a 1913 American silent film featuring Harry Carey. It is the second such film to feature the thief character A. J. Raffles, following 1905's Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.
A. J. Raffles, described by publicity of the day as "a society crook," wants to steal Mrs. Van Nostrand's tiara, so he persuades a female accomplice to pretend to be her maid. He disguises himself as a woman and visits the "maid." Then he substitutes the tiara's diamonds with fake stones. A detective learns of the fraud and arrests the perpetrators. Then the detective discovers the diamonds hiding in the heel of the imposter maid's boot.