Posted by Dmitry on January 9, 2012, 9:51 am, in reply to "Re: Dowager Tsarina"
I am rethinking the sapphire necklace. I believe that the one that I was thinking of had a 159 carat central sapphire. I will have to check more closely.
--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.... : : : --Previous Message-- : So these must have been left behind, and not : brought out with the Empress when she left : Russia in 1919 (?). Would they have been in : the Kremlin, or the Anitchkov? : : --Previous Message-- : The necklace and tiara were quite separate. : The loss of this collection is a tragedy on : par with the loss of the French Crown : Jewels. : : : --Previous Message-- : Yes, I see crossed swords as well. This : photo : is mesmerizing. Red is a powerful statement : and the fur? Lovely. It could be worn : today. Is this tiara extant? Is the : necklace and tiara one in the same? : : Thanks so much for sharing this photo. : : TMN : : --Previous Message-- : here is the red dress portrait... : : : : I think of swords every time I see this : set...swords = violence...so barbaric : feeling you get is not so far fetched : : I have never seen both tiara and necklace : worn together...has anyone? : : photos from Alexanderpalace.org : : : --Previous Message-- : It was part of a suite of jewels, including : a : matching diadem. It was unusual in its : design and relatively adventurous for the : time. It had a certain barbaric splendour, : as did so many of the Imperial jewels. : Somewhere, there is a lovely portrait of : Maria Feodorovna wearing the tiara, with a : red dress, if I recall correctly. : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : After seeing part II of Roal Jewels, and the : comments on this board about the Russian : Royal Jewels, I found this lovely photo of : the Dowager Tsarina. : The lowest necklace was most interesting. : Is anything known of it please? : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
on January 9, 2012, 9:51 am, in reply to "