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Oct 9, 2020 · On 8th March 1922, boxes marked with the “property of the “former tsarina” (the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna) were opened in the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. Two commissions were in charge of jewels: the first in the Armoury was responsible for sorting and creating an inventory; while the second sorted and evaluated them at ...
The jewel above was owned by the Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III of Russia. The jewel always remained in the private collection of the Tsarina and on her death in 1928 she left it to her daughter the Grand Duchess Xenia.
- The Imperial Crown of Russia
- Maria Feodorovna’s Kokoshnik Diadem
- ‘The Russian Beauty’ Diadem
- Pearl and Sapphire Choker
- A Sapphire Brooch with A Diamond Bow
The Imperial Crown of Russia, also known as the Great Imperial Crown, was the main symbol of power for Russian monarchs and the main Imperial regalia from 1762-1917. It was used by all Russian monarchs starting with Catherine II and ending with Nicholas II. Created by court jeweler George Friedrich Eckart and diamond craftsman Jeremiah Posier in ju...
Another treasure kept by the Diamond Fund is the kokoshnik diadem that belonged to the wife of Emperor Paul I — Empress Maria Feodorovna. Arguably, the only original diadem still in Russia, it survived the Revolution and is now an invaluable part of the fund’s collection. A regular element of the imperial bridal look, the triangular diadem in the E...
A stunning drop pearl and diamond tiara called “The Russian Beauty” has suffered a less fortunate fate. Made in 1842 by court jeweller Carl Bolin for Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Nicholas I, it was a favorite piece of Empress of Russia Marie Feodorovna, a Danish princess married to Tsar Alexander III of Russia. The diadem is so splendid that a...
Another item from the collection of Marie Feodorovna supposedly ended up in the possession of the British royalty. The diamond and pearl choker with a geometric sapphire and diamond was sold at auction together with other pieces after Marie’s death. Allegedly, it was bought by Queen Mary and then after her death in 1953 it was inherited by Elizabet...
This large sapphire brooch was one of the four previously unknown Romanov jewels discovered a few years ago in the American USGS Library. Along with the brooch, researchers found photos of a sapphire and diamond tiara, a sapphire bracelet, and an emerald necklace — the photos appear in a 1922 “Russian Diamond Fund” album but are not included in the...
- Anna Sorokina
- The Vladimir Tiara. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, the younger brother of Emperor Alexander III, commissioned this tiara for his fiancée, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (later Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia), in the 1870s.
- Sapphire Tiara. This kokoshnik tiara with diamonds and enormous sapphires belonged to Alexandra Feodorovna, the consort of Nicholas I. Made in 1825, it had a matching brooch with pendants.
- The Pink Diamond Diadem. The diadem of Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of Paul I, was made in the early 19th century in the form of a kokoshnik with an enormous diamond.
- "Wheat Sheaf" Diadem. This diadem with an original design also belonged to Maria Feodorovna. It consists of golden "flax ears" decorated with diamonds with a set a leuco sapphire (a colorless sapphire symbolizing the sun) in the center.
- Anna Sorokina
- The Fountain brooch and earrings of Elizaveta Petrovna. Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-1761), the daughter of Peter the Great, loved brooches and had many of them made for her in a variety of styles and fashions.
- The Grand Bouquet and the Small Bouquet brooches. Elizaveta Petrovna wore these two items on her ceremonial dress. At the time, it was common for jewelry to have set precious stones on multi-colored foil plates to add more color.
- The diamond agraffe. An agraffe is a brooch-like clasp that was popular in the 17th century. Elizaveta Petrovna wore this huge diamond bow-shaped clasp on her ermine robe.
- Caesar's Ruby pendant of Catherine the Great. This large crimson stone is called a rubellite. It is a rare variety of dark pink tourmaline, which for a long time was considered to be a ruby (the gem was reassessed by experts only in Soviet times).
Maria Feodorovna by Ivan Kramskoi, circa 1881. Ever wonder whatever happened to the magnificent Russian Crown Jewels, those that graced the heads, gowns and decolletés of the empresses and made the Russian empire of the Romanovs the richest court in Europe? I do, all the time!
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The Peacock egg is a jewel and rock crystal Easter egg made by Dorofeiev under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1908. It was made for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented the Fabergé egg to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, in 1908.
