PRAYER NOTEBOOK OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA (1798-1860),
WIFE OF NICHOLAS I IN GERMAN AND FRENCH 1832
Velvet, gold
State Archives of the Russian Federation
PAIR OF EARRINGS IN THE FORM OF BEES
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1760Gold, silver, diamonds (48.61 carats),enamel, colored foil2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in (6.25 x 4.0 cm)(The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-7
Pendant, "Caesar's Ruby"
MOUNTING MANUFACTURED IN WESTERN EUROPE IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Gold, Pink tourmaline-rubelite (52.00 CARATS), EnameI 1 5/8 x 1 x 1/48 in (4.0 x 2.3 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-12
BROOCH IN THE FORM OF THE HORN OF PLENTY
LOUIS-DAVID DUVAL, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1774
Gold, Silver, diamonds (41.89 carats), 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in (7.2 x 7.2 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-45
BRACELET RUSSIA,
CIRCA 1820
Gold, enamel, ivory, goache, table cut portrait diamond (27 carats),
7 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 7 7/8in (3.5 x 19.6 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-68
BROOCH - "ROSE"
DESIGNED BY VIKTOR NIKOLAEV, GENNADY ALEKSAKIN, MOSCOW 1970
Platinum, diamonds (47.23 carats), 5 7/8 x 4 in (15 x 10 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-155
PLASTRON
DESIGNED BY VIKTOR NIKOLAEV, MOSCOW 1985
Platinum, gold, diamonds (58.27 carats), emeralds (72.33 carats)
7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in (19 x 17 cm)The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv.
No. AF-185
Copy of a plastron which belonged to Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II.
Copy of a plastron which belonged to Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II.
The original was sold by the Soviet government.
SAPPHIRE BROOCH
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1860
Gold, silver, diamonds (56.60 carats), Ceylon sapphire (260.37 carats)
2 1/8 x 2 3/8 in (6.0 x 5.3 cm
2 1/8 x 2 3/8 in (6.0 x 5.3 cm
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-67
This sapphire was purchased by Alexander II at the London Great Exhibition of 1862
This sapphire was purchased by Alexander II at the London Great Exhibition of 1862
and presented it to his wife, Maria Alexandrovna.
DIADEM, "RUSSIAN FIELD"
DESIGNED BY VIKTOR NIKOLAEV, GENNADY ALEKSAKIN, MOSCOW 1980
Platinum, gold, silver, diamonds (129.62 carats), yellow diamond (35.25 carats)
4 3/8 x 13 3/8 in (11.0 x 34.0 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian FederationInv. No. AF-170
Copy of a diadem of Maria Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Paul I, which was sold by the
Soviet Government in 1929.
Copy of a diadem of Maria Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Paul I, which was sold by the
Soviet Government in 1929.
STICK PIN RUSSIA,
CIRCA I800Gold, silver, blue diamond (7. 6 carats), white diamonds (.96 carats) 1 x 3/4 in (2.6x 1.8 cm) The State Diamond Fund of the Russian Federation Inv. No. AF-8
This pin features a blue diamond believed to have been cleft from the famed stone called
"Le Tavernier" - the same stone as the Hope diamond.
This pin features a blue diamond believed to have been cleft from the famed stone called
"Le Tavernier" - the same stone as the Hope diamond.
The stone, originally set as a ring for Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Emperor Paul I,
was given to the Diamond Fund in 1860, by her daughter-in-law, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
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