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    Re: A beautiful Russian jewel Archived Message

    Posted by Dmitry on September 20, 2015, 12:12 pm, in reply to "A beautiful Russian jewel"


    the necklace was sold to Lady Deterding. She lost the drop pearl somewhere in Paris. The button pearl portion was put on another necklace that was sold after her death.

    The drop remains lost/unknown.

    --Previous Message--
    : This jewel caught my eye and, thankfully, it
    : has a royal connection. For the link to
    : Catherine the Great please see the caption
    : for the news item, which was published in
    : 1935.
    :
    : I hope that someone has additional
    : information. Hopefully, this jewel is still
    : with the descendants of Prince Felix
    : Yussoupov and the Grand Duchess Irina but, I
    : realise, it may have been sold at some
    : stage.
    : (I know there are many spellings of this
    : family's name, so please excuse my choice if
    : you have strong ideas about spelling. I am
    : unsure of the correct version.)
    :
    : I wonder if anyone has a modern colour photo
    : of this jewel or even just the two black
    : pearls, if the jewel was broken up.
    :
    : There are few gems as seductive as a
    : magnificent black pearl, particularly those
    : with the peacock/green overtones, and so I
    : would be most interested to read of, or see,
    : the colours of these black pearls.
    :
    :
    :


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