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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH

MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

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A JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Of lozenge shape, centring rose-cut diamond-set initials 'MA' for Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, enamelled in translucent blue over a sunburst guilloché ground, surmounted by a diamond-set Imperial crown, marked on reverse, pin and loop; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped 'A. Tillander / St. Petersbourg', the cover also stamped with the gilt Imperial crown
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide

By repute, a gift from Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920), Duchess of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to her maid.
With Max Howald, Bern.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1995.

Note du spécialiste

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) was the only surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881). She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) in 1874. She was the first and only member of the Romanov family to marry into the British Royal family.