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Gold monogram for rewarding pupils of the Imperial Educational Society for Noble girls (Smolny Institute)
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Gold monogram for rewarding pupils of the Imperial Educational Society for Noble girls (Smolny Institute)

UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK VL, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1860

Closed11 June 2008

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Gold monogram for rewarding pupils of the Imperial Educational Society for Noble girls (Smolny Institute)
unrecorded maker's mark VL, St. Petersburg, circa 1860
Gold monogram of Catherine II with a cream and white silk ribbon with gold stripes, marked on reverse

Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna (1866-1961), wife of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich (1864-1931).
Thence by direct descent.

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Grand Duke Peter was the brother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich the Younger (1859-1929) and Grand Duchess Militza was the second daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841-1921).