Empress Catherine the Great: Two diamond-set Flower Dress Trimmings from the Russian Imperial Jewels, attributed to Duval, circa 1780
Session begins in
December 18, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Bid
12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
formed as ribbon-tied closed flower buds set with a variety of old-cut diamonds with later gold pins, apparently unmarked
(2)
height 1 3/4 in.
4.5 cm
Empress Catherine II
The Russian State Jewels
Sold by the Soviet People's Commissariat of Finance at Christie's London, An Important Assemblage of Magnificent Jewelery, Mostly dating to the 18th Century, which formed part of the Russian State Jewels, 16 March 1927, lot 34
With A La Vielle Russie, New York
New York, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller, November 6 - November 25, 1968, no.202 p.86
A.E. Fersman, Russia's Treasure of Diamonds and Precious Stones, The People's Commissariat of Finance, Moscow, 1926, no. 106 and 188, Plate XCIII
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of the Goldsmith and Jeweller, A La Vielle Russie, Inc., 1968, p.86, no.202
Prince Michael of Greece, Jewels of the Tsars: The Romanovs and Imperial Russia, London, 2006, p.146 (illus.)