Posted by Nellie on January 8, 2012, 1:11 am, in reply to "Re: Dowager Tsarina"
Thank you again.
--Previous Message-- : Interestinly, as I go through the list, the : Imperial Riviere is listed as an Esclavage, : and valued at 498,715 roubles. That would : have to be the one from the suite used by : the Imperial brides. : : --Previous Message-- : I have little context for this list, but : would : suggest that it was part of an inventory : taken after the revolution and would be : those items that were taken from the : Anichkov to Moscow. The list is certainly : post 1914, or at least updated at that time. : There is a little part of me that believes : that the inventory was done in 1909 with : later notations. : : There appear to be over 350 entries on the : whole list, of which I have only part. It : is listed as Crown Jewels in their present : state, found in the apartments of Her : Majesty the Empress Maria Feodorovna" : and reference an old book of numbers which : has been revised with a number of pieces : being returned to the treasury in 1914, but : well before the breakout of the war. : : I don't know if they were subsequently : returned to HIM, or what. : : One of those mysteries, but it is a : tantalizing record of brooches, earrings, : pins, elements, etc. : : I wish I could provide more information. : : : --Previous Message-- : Dmitry, I agree. : Wonderful wealth of information and : knowledge Thankyou so much : : --Previous Message-- : : Dmitry - that is great information. Thank : you so very much. : : Am I right in thinking these jewels : travelled with Tsarina Marie Feodorovna to : the Crimea and then to England? : : Edit: ....... and then with her to Denmark ? : : I'm just trying to be sure I keep proper : notes of this. : : : --Previous Message-- : the list I have is rather sketchy in terms : of : descriptions, but very good in terms of : weights and numbers of stones. : : I can identify that HIM held onto the triple : strand of pearls with the horseshoe diamond : clasps, the large sapphire necklace with the : 110ct centre cabuchon, one of the pair of : four-row bracelets in diamonds, diadem of : Indian Brilliants (returned to HIM's Cabinet : January 23, 1914, a diadem of pearls, and I : beleive at least one of the strands of : pearls from the Treasury. My apologies that : I cannot be more precise than that. : : --Previous Message-- : I am trying to locate the jewellery from the : Imperial collection which was in the : possession of the Dowager Empress. I cannot : remember for the life of me if this necklace : and/or tiara were at the Anichkov at the : time the inventory was made. It was not part : of the jewellery with which HIM left Russia. : I know that there were some considerable : amounts of jewellery from the Treasury in : her possession at the time of the : Revolution. Once I find that list, I will : know a little better. It is here : somewhere.... : : : : : : : : : :
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