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PROPERTY OF A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH
A JEWELLED SILVER AND TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GARNET LOCKET
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1830
Details
A JEWELLED SILVER AND TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GARNET LOCKET
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1830
Oblong, centring a large garnet, within a rose-cut diamond-set border, with a hinged back, opening to reveal a compartment on the reverse, engraved in French 'Nicolas / Alexandra / 1re Septembre / 1830', apparently unmarked
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) wide
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1830
Oblong, centring a large garnet, within a rose-cut diamond-set border, with a hinged back, opening to reveal a compartment on the reverse, engraved in French 'Nicolas / Alexandra / 1re Septembre / 1830', apparently unmarked
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Presumably a gift from Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in 1830 to his sister Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859), Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
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