Romanov Jewels

[sinulord]

Heres HI&RH The Princess Nicholas of Greece with her diamond fringe tiara.

[katmax]

If the Russian crown jewels appeal you then you might like these images:

Empress Marie Feodrovna dressed in cloth of silver court dress & diamonds for her son's coronation 1896

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...arie1896_2.jpg

A younger image of Marie in many of the same jewels while she was still empress. You'll never see these big diamonds on Empress Alexandra. Marie retained the right to wear them all her life and Alexandra had only the "left overs".

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...urt_150dpi.jpg

Another one of Marie in different jewels. I don't think this necklace survived:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/359copy2.jpg

Empress Alexandra in shortly after her wedding in a formal portrait. (not in her wedding dress, as I've seen written elsewhere)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...alexyoung1.jpg

A later image of Alexandra in her "big" jewels
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ress/alex2.jpg

and a later slightly less formal one in another tiara:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...x_tiara_72.jpg

[Thomas Parkman]

Dear Members,

Could some of the more competent among you satisfy my gem lust (Ha!!!) and post pictures and information about a parurue which consists of a tiara made of yellow, pink and orange pink diamonds formed into flowers with green enameled gold leaves and bees flying about made of yellow diamonds, with earings and a brooch. There is some disagreement between Prince Michael of Greece and Geoffrey Munn as to the exact nature of the jewel, whether it is a necklace or tiara. It can be broken down into seven brooches. Made in the 18th century it is one of the more interesting items still extant in the Russian Imperial jewels. Cheers.

[BeatrixFan]

Whilst looking on a blog, I found this photograph;

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1512/j11dn9.jpg

It's apparantly a Romanov piece bought by Imelda Marcos.

[Elspeth]

I've just deleted an off-topic argument. People wishing to discuss relationships among members of the Romanov family may do so in the Russian forum; this thread is about jewels.

Elspeth

Royal Jewels moderator

[normalil]

O it breaks my heart to hear of people like Imelda having these precious and historical pieces! Thomas, I have a photo of the necklace of which you speak. (I received Prince Michael's book as a gift.) I don't have a scanner, and am not good with all this technology. The necklace sure is a stunner.
Thanks to all of you who do post these luscious pix, they give soooo much pleasure!

[sinulord]

Does anyone have any fotos of the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh & of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha wearing her magnificent jewels? I recall bumping into this website which had a beautiful portrait of her, the Duke of Coburg and her children attending the coronation of the Tsar Nicholas II in 1896. However, I cannot recall which one it was. I would be most grateful if anyone would be kind enough to post these pictures. Or else any fotos of her in her jewels would be good enough.

I did manage to save the beautiful portrait showing the Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh, the Hereditary Prince Alfred & the Princess Marie & the Grand Duke & Grand Duchess of Hesse. I forgot that I had saved the photo into my computer. I'm not sure of the website i had saved it from. More photos of the bejeweled Grand Duchess Maria please..... anyone.

[jcbcode99]

That is a stunning photo! Such jewels, such fabrics, wonderful and thank you!

[Thomas Parkman]

That photo is priceless, if for the expressions on these people's faces if nothing else. The jewels are stunning.

[sinulord]

Somehow I'm always fascinated by the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, being the spoilt only daughter of the Tsar and the only Russian Grand Duchess in history to marry into the British Royal Family, despite the strained relations between Britain and Russia at that time. What mesmerizes me the most is the immense dowry that she came with to England? Imagine that... Russian splendour entering England.....I guess she must have taken all her jewels to Coburg when Prince Alfred inherited the Duchy and I bet she must have added so much more glitter to the ducal court with her extravagant inheritance.

[sinulord]

Once again, the magnificent jewels of HI&RH The Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh & Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a truly elegant royal of her time.

[auntie]

Originally Posted by sinulord

Once again, the magnificent jewels of HI&RH The Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh & Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a truly elegant royal of her time.

Gosh, and where is her lovely collection of bling blings today?

[Russophile]

Thomas Parkman, is this what you were referring to?
http://www.tristarmedia.com/bestofru...ges/crown2.jpg

And this one?
http://www.tristarmedia.com/bestofru...ges/jewl11.jpg

[sinulord]

Originally Posted by auntie

Gosh, and where is her lovely collection of bling blings today?

good question auntie.... my guess is that most might have been bequeathed to her daughters.... it would be very interesting to know the details of their whereabouts....

[shadowed_rain]

Many of the Romanov jewels are scattered everywhere...but I honestly can't ever remember hearing about where her jewels ended up. Does anyone have any idea? Hm, I just might have to research that...

On a different note, does anyone know what happened to the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna's magnificent (and huge!) collet necklace that she wore in many portraits? Or is it safe to assume it was lost to the Revolution?

[normalil]

Sadly Rain, I read that that necklace did not survive the revolution, its whereabouts unknown. I wonder if it will ever surface, or was it spirited away and broken up? It is the most magnificent necklace i have ever seen.