I saw the Romanov exibit when it came to nyc. Absolutely incredible. Every item had a value until i came to the only priceless item in the collection. It was a very long 3 strand pearl necklace that catherine commissioned for herself. It took 22 years to complete as each pearl is perfectly matched. Not an easy feat. 6 divers also died in the time it took to produce.
Marjorie Merriweather Post's estate in Washington, DC, is a treat to visit, it's by the National Zoo, she also donated jewelry to the Smithsonian, which is not far away. Post was married to the US Ambassador to Russia in the 1930s when Stalin began selling art treasures and other valuables seized from the Romanov family and former Russian aristocrats after the Russian Revolution.
C. W. Post left his daughter Marjorie the Postum Cereal Company. She turned it into the General Foods Corp. She inherited a $20 million fortune (= $613,492,000 today). Excellent video.
Yes! Catherine II moved it to the Catherine Palace. It remained in Berlin until 1716, when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia, the room was installed in the Catherine Palace. After expansion and several renovations, it covered more than 55 square metres (590 sq ft) and contained over 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of amber.
The amber room was not dismantled by the bolsheviks. During the Second World War, the Amber Room was captured by the Wehrmacht in 1941 and then installed in Königsberg Castle, East Prussia, today Kaliningrad. When the Red Army advanced, it was removed in 1944 by the German Army and has been lost ever since. BTW: the "ruby" on top of the czars crown is a spinell 😊
Rubies and spinels have very similar refractive indexes - around 1.7 - but due to their difference in clarity spinels are usually the more brilliant, fiery ones.
My fav is the emerald crown
It is beautiful. Russia has many emerald mines, the richest being in the Ural mountains.
Thank you for not only a video about jewelry, but also a history lesson.
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I saw the Romanov exibit when it came to nyc. Absolutely incredible. Every item had a value until i came to the only priceless item in the collection. It was a very long 3 strand pearl necklace that catherine commissioned for herself. It took 22 years to complete as each pearl is perfectly matched. Not an easy feat. 6 divers also died in the time it took to produce.
Wow great detail!
I have always loved the diamond bow necklace. However, my new favorite is the amethyst and diamond earrings. They are absolutely stunning!!!
They are beautiful!
Marjorie Merriweather Post's estate in Washington, DC, is a treat to visit, it's by the National Zoo, she also donated jewelry to the Smithsonian, which is not far away. Post was married to the US Ambassador to Russia in the 1930s when Stalin began selling art treasures and other valuables seized from the Romanov family and former Russian aristocrats after the Russian Revolution.
C. W. Post left his daughter Marjorie the Postum Cereal Company. She turned it into the General Foods Corp. She inherited a $20 million fortune (= $613,492,000 today). Excellent video.
Thanks so much!
I believe the Amber room was a gift!
Yes! Catherine II moved it to the Catherine Palace. It remained in Berlin until 1716, when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia, the room was installed in the Catherine Palace. After expansion and several renovations, it covered more than 55 square metres (590 sq ft) and contained over 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of amber.
@@RadioWhoPooand then the Nazis stole it-purportedly.
The imperial crown 👑 has no peers
❤❤❤ yes i do
The imperial crown is shaped after Russian episcopal headdress called "mitre", or "mitra" in Russian.
Very cool. Mitra in ancient Persian means "sun"
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🤩 IF ‘ bling ‘ is your thing, The glitzy Russian Imperial Crown is unmatched among All others among the Russian state treasures.
HBO did a great job on her!
The amber room was not dismantled by the bolsheviks. During the Second World War, the Amber Room was captured by the Wehrmacht in 1941 and then installed in Königsberg Castle, East Prussia, today Kaliningrad. When the Red Army advanced, it was removed in 1944 by the German Army and has been lost ever since.
BTW: the "ruby" on top of the czars crown is a spinell 😊
Rubies and spinels have very similar refractive indexes - around 1.7 - but due to their difference in clarity spinels are usually the more brilliant, fiery ones.
Jump to the 5 minute mark for jewelry
Jewels of Catherine the Great but this is a portrait of Elisabeth Petrovna on the thumbnail.
It's been identified as Catherine the Great by Thought Co and others.
She was an "effeminate collector" of what now?
Suggest you open a dictionary before bitching. "Effeminate" (adj): lacking firmness or vigour
www.thefreedictionary.com/effeminate
Excellent ❤