Drop-shaped natural pearls, old-cut diamonds, gilded silver and silver on gold (customs marks)

LFG, 2023, report n°.403997: saltwater natural pearls, no indication of treatment, measuring approximately 11.9-13.8 x 16.10 mm and 10.4-10.5 x 17.3 mm, one of the two pearls is worked

Diamonds: with an approximate total weight of 11.00-12.00 carats

Size/Dimensions: 5.8 x 2.5 cm
Gross weight: 18.3 grams

The jewels came to the court of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach as part of the rich dowry of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, sister of Tsar Alexander, and probably came from the workshop of the St Petersburg court jeweller Duval.

The tsar's mother, Maria Fyodorovna, provided each of her five daughters with an identical precious trousseau, including Anna Pavlovna, Queen of the Netherlands - "Pense à Maman".

Through the marriage of Anna's daughter Sophie to Carl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, further pieces from this source came to Weimar via the Netherlands.

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