Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies? Archived Message
Posted by Ashdean  on March 22, 2013, 12:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies?"
Grand Duchess Vladimirs ruby tiara had a 8 carat centre stone and was made by Cartier shortly before WW1...after the revolution it was bought by Princess Anastasia nee Nancy Leeds as a wedding gift for her daughter in law Princess Xenia when she married Billy Leeds
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: Grand Duchess Vladimir had a lovely ruby tiara
: and I recall that Empress Alexandra had one
: as well.
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: Grand Duchess Xenia had some fine rubies as
: well.
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: 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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