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Lot 269 RARE RUSSIAN JEWELS FROM A PERSONAL COLLECTION (CONTINUED)
A HISTORIC PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY AMETHYST AND DIAMOND EAR PENDANTS
Closed15 November 2007
Price Realised
CHF 433,000
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Specialist note
The State inventory of 1925 described these eight amethysts as 'evidently the first procured in the Ural, about 1750-1760'.
It had been Peter the Great who had patriotically instigated the search for precious stones in Russia, with the deep, rich purple of Siberian amethysts becoming amongst the most highly prized.
It had been Peter the Great who had patriotically instigated the search for precious stones in Russia, with the deep, rich purple of Siberian amethysts becoming amongst the most highly prized.