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    Re: Lady Deterding jewels Archived Message

    Posted by Benita Lee on December 8, 2011, 12:42 pm, in reply to "Lady Deterding jewels"

    WOW! Amazing pictures. Her collection is better than some current Royals. Thanks for sharing.

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    : Lady Lydia Deterding painted by Philip de
    : Laszlo
    :
    : In 1980 a fabulous collection of jewels were
    : sold from the estate of Lady Lydia
    : Deterding. The sale included numerous signed
    : pieces by Cartier and three major jewels of
    : Russian imperial origin. She was born in
    : Tashkent, Russia, and at the age of 16
    : married a Russian diplomat, General
    : Bagratouni. In 1924 Lady Lydia was married
    : to Sir Henri Deterding who owed his wealth
    : to the oil industry. They divorced in 1936
    : and Lady Lydia spent the rest of her life
    : enjoying the social whirl in Paris and her
    : enormous jewel collection.
    :
    :
    : Cartier floral brooch and earrings by
    : unknown
    :
    :
    : Cartier turquoise and diamond parure
    :
    :
    : Two cartier ruby and sapphire bracelets
    :
    :
    : Cartier sapphire & diamond brooch of
    : 47.12 cts & Earrings by Cartier
    :
    :
    : (top) Cartier pearl & diamond earrings.
    : Diamond & Synthetic emerald bracelet.
    : Cartier earrings with natural pearls
    : (bottom)
    :
    :
    : A diamond and pearl brooche that belonged to
    : Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia in the
    : necklace. The necklace was later signed by
    : Cartier. This brooche sold by Grand Duchess
    : Xenia to Lady Lydia.
    :
    :
    : A painting of Empress Marie wearing the
    : brooche
    :
    :
    : Lady Lydia wearing the brooche in photo by
    : Dorothy Wilding
    :
    :
    : A black pearl and diamond necklace. The
    : diamond is 7.17ct and the black pearl stems
    : from the collection of the Yussupovs in
    : Russia. The necklace was reset by Cartier
    : and the two black pearls in it's original
    : setting split up.
    :
    : The original configuration for this necklace
    : is seen below as it was displayed by the
    : Yussupovs in the 1920s along with La
    : Pelegrina & the Azra black Pearl of
    : Catherine II.
    :
    :
    :
    :
    : Cartier ruby & diamond parure
    :
    :
    : Diamond brooch and earrings of 8.62ct &
    : 8.22cts
    :
    :
    : A two strand diamond necklace
    :
    :
    : The Polar star diamond 41.285cts. Mounted in
    : a ring by Boucheron. This diamond can be
    : traced back to Joseph Bonaparte and was then
    : bough by Princess Tatiana Youssupov. After
    : the revolution it was sold by Cartier to Sir
    : Henry Deterding.
    :
    :
    : Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova
    : wearing the Polar Star on her tiara
    :
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    : Source
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