Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies? Archived Message
Posted by Dmitry  on March 18, 2013, 10:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies?"
Grand Duchess Vladimir had a lovely ruby tiara and I recall that Empress Alexandra had one as well.
Grand Duchess Xenia had some fine rubies as well.
However, spectacularly large rubies to the Russian taste in size and splendour were rare and I suspect that accounts for the comparative rarity of them in the various imperial collections.
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: Thank you, Dmitry, so much. Iīd expected that
: in the so rich russian imperial vault would
: have been a ruby tiara, too. I guess good
: and large stones have been rare at all
: times.
: As far as I see from all the imperial
: wedding gift ruby tiaras to the grandduchess
: only the Bolin tiara (at last
: Hohenlohe-Langenburg, now sold) survived.
: The greek one could also from russian origin
: as the Torby tiara.
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: There was a necklace of ruby clusters, a
: pair
: of magnificent girandole earrings, and a bow
: brooch, all in rubies.
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: While thinking about expanding my little
: collection of jewellery books with the new
: one about "Jewels from Imperial St.
: Petersburg" I was grubbing through
: pictures and informations about the jewels
: of the russian imperial family. I was
: astonished that I couldnīt find a ruby
: parure in the asset of the tzarina. White
: diamond, pink diamond, pearls (a lot),
: emeralds and sapphires, but no rubies, no
: necklace, no tiara.
: Did I miss something?
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