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Emerald Russian Tiara
The Columbian Emerald Tiara belonged to a suite of jewels made for Tsarina Alexandra and her sister the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.
 

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aristrocrat said:
The Imperial Orb of Russia
The Imperial Orb was made of "red gold" for the Empress Catherine II the Great's Coronation in 1762. It is a polished hollow ball with with a cross and is encircled with the two rows of large diamonds and the sapphire on the top weighs about 47 carats.
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I've seen this before, but I had no idea it was red gold. how cool.


aristrocrat said:
Shah Diamond
It belonged to Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar. In 1591, Shah ordered carving on one of the facets of the diamond which read "Burhan Nizam Shah the Second Year 1000" (=1591 CE).This is the first inscription of The Shah Diamond. That same year the Great Moghul Emperor Akbar occupied Ahmadnagar and seized the diamond. A number of years later Akbar's grandson Shah Jahan came to the throne and commanded that another inscription be carved: "Shah Jahan, The son of Shah Jahangir Year 1051" (equivalent to 1641 CE). In 1738, Nadir Shah attacked India seized the diamond, and took it back with him to Persia. The diamond stayed in Persia for nearly a century until in 1826 the third inscription was engraved on the third facet "The ruler of the Qajar Fath 'Ali Shah Sultan Year 1242".In 1829 the Russian diplomat and writer Alexandr Griboyedov was murdered in the capital of Persia Tehran. The Russian government demanded severe punishment of those responsible. In fear the court of Fath Ali Shah sent the Shah's grandson Khusro Mirza to Saint Petersburg, where he gave the diamond to the Russian Tsar Nicholas I as a present. It was then kept among the Russian Crown Jewels in the Diamond Room at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg until the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of the Romanov Dynasty on 2 March 1917. The diamond along with the other treasures was removed taken to Moscow and placed in the Kremlin Diamond Fund. It remains there today in the Kremlin
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^that's some kind of history with that diamond!
 
#780
aristrocrat said:
Emerald Bracelet part of Russian Crown Jewels
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^it looks like a crown!


aristrocrat said:
Waterfall tiara of Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia
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^so beautiful!


aristrocrat said:
Emerald and Diamond Earrings of Catherine the Great of Russia
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^gorgeous! I can picture her wearing them.


aristrocrat said:
Necklace of Princess Paley, the second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
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^stunning! love the aquamarine.
 
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