Dmitry, you may correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read that many of the Russian Royal jewel pieces, besides being sold, had the gemstones removed and the precious metals were melted down into bars and sold. I recall reading that in a news magazine article many years ago. Do you know if there's any truth to it? Thank you. --Previous Message-- : The jewels of the Grand Duchess Cyril were : from her mother and formed part of Grand : Duchess Marie Alexandrovna's wedding jewels. : They were sapphires and diamonds. : : --Previous Message-- : Source: Library of Congress collection. : : It looks like Tsarina Alexandra wore this : same tiara in both photos. It was a real : small tiara so I doubt it was among these : jewels on the table, was it? : : : Grand Duchess Cyrill of Russia (in the left : photo with her daughter Princess Marie) wore : the tiara and the : ??convertible-tiara??-necklace and brooch : with the pendant. Are they among the jewels : on the table? Or they survived in her family : jewel collection until a point in time, did : they? Or they were not given to her by : anyone in the Russian royal family on her : marriage, were they? : : : Was the tiara (worn by Grand Duchess : Michael of Russia [Anastasia] here) owned by : the Russian royal family before she acquired : it? : : : The Duchess of Edinburgh & : Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's tiara and : necklace/pendant and brooch/pendant and : earring set....were they Russian in origin : or British? She was the former Grand Duchess : of Russia. : : : --Previous Message-- : Source: Library of Congress and Getty : Images. : : Tsarina Alexandra wore one of these 13 : tiaras (lying on the table in the newspaper : picture). Not sure about the choker, earring : set, necklace, bracelets, or the fan. : : : Tsarina Marie wore two of these 13 tiaras : here. I would assume these pearl necklaces : and the brooch would be among these jewels : lying on that table. : : : I think Tsarina Alexandra was wearing one : of these 13 tiaras as well. Not sure about : the long necklace and another necklace and : earring set or bracelets. : : : An earlier Tsarina Alexandra....not sure if : her jewels here are among the ones lying on : the table. Certainly, there were some really : large oval gemstones on that table. : : : Grand Duchess Constantine wore the same : necklace and bracelets as worn by that : earlier Tsarina Alexandra (immediately : above)(furthermore, both ladies looked : alike), so I suppose they were one and the : same woman. : : Grand Duchess Vladimir wore the famous : tiara which is currently in the possession : of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, so this : tiara is safe. But I suppose the Grand : Duchess' choker and two other necklaces and : earring set and brooch and bracelets were : among these jewels on the table. : : : --Previous Message-- : This topic was started by Dmitry (far : below), : that prompted me to search in the Library of : Congress collection. This was what I found : several days ago. I am sure most, if not : all, of you already had seen this picture of : the whole array of Russian Crown Jewels on : the table. I put here this whole picture, : plus zoomed-up snippets of all portions of : the whole table, starting from the left to : the right. : : There appears to be 13 tiaras in total in : the whole picture. Question: how many of : them ARE NOT in existence anymore or of : whose whereabouts are currently UNKNOWN? : : Source: Library of Congress, from the : "New York Tribune" (NY) dated Dec. : 17, 1922 (published on the front page). : : The whole picture of the array of jewels : and non-jewel pieces on the table : : : Caption: : : : From the left side to the right side (with : upwards and downwards across the left to : right sides): : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The End. : : It staggers me how many the Russian royal : family actually possessed because there were : a lot of other jewel pieces (pre-Russian : Revolution of 1917) that were either carried : into other European royal families via : marriages, bought by some members of the : other Royal Families (i.e., Britain), and : smuggled out of Russia during the : Revolution. Or lost during the transition : out of that country. : : : : : : :
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