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A GOLD AND ENAMEL COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED
Lot 108 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A GOLD AND ENAMEL COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED

MARKED EDUARD, WITH THE MARK OF VERA DIETWALD, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1917

Closed15 April 2013

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A GOLD AND ENAMEL COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED
MARKED EDUARD, WITH THE MARK OF VERA DIETWALD, ST. PETERSBURG, 1910-1917
Comprising fifteen gold medallions of the Imperial double-headed eagle, the St. Andrew cross, and the cypher of Peter the Great surrounded by trophies and surmounted by a crown, in rotation, each marked on reverse
37 in. (93.9 cm.) long

A Private Collection, Christie's, New York, April 21, 1998, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

It has been suggested that collars with fewer than seventeen medallions were produced for young Grand Dukes or Princes in the Imperial family.

The Eduard workshops were known to manufacture orders from 1894-1917. Following the death of her husband Eduard in 1910, Vera Dietwald inherited the business and the hallmark was thenceforth conjoined with her initials.