Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies? Archived Message
Posted by Ashdean on March 24, 2013, 7:03 am, in reply to "Re: Russian imperial jewellery - no rubies?"
In her memoirs "Princess in Exile" Marie mentions selling the rubies during her first days of exile (in London) as they were the parure she was least attached to. --Previous Message-- : I believe that Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, : the younger, also had a very beautiful suite : of rubies. : : --Previous Message-- : 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. : : : : --Previous Message-- : 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. : : --Previous Message-- : There was a necklace of ruby clusters, a : pair : of magnificent girandole earrings, and a bow : brooch, all in rubies. : : --Previous Message-- : 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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