A Timeless Marvel: Exploring the Rich History of Exquisite Jewelry

A Timeless Marvel: Exploring the Rich History of Exquisite Jewelry

The Imperial Crown of Russia or the Great Imperial Crown is one of the most prominent examples of ‘royalty’. Regalia is known as the emblems or insignia of royalty that survived throughout history and are a precious treasure of cultural heritage and a well-documented and dated piece of jewelry. Regalia jewelry pieces offer historians great insight into the gemstones used, their historical market values and their occurrences. It also helps gemologists and jewelers know how the gems were named and set in the jewelry."image" While royal crowns were usually made for individual rulers and then broken, today some of these royal insignia can be found in museums. Here are some interesting facts about one of those royal artifacts, the great Imperial Crown of Russia. The Great Imperial Crown was made for the coronation of Catherine the Great as Russian Empress in 1762 AD, by Georg Friedrich Eckart and Jérémie Pauzié. It is set with 4936 diamonds with a total weight of 2858 ct, 75 natural pearls and a large red spinel of 398.72 ct, historically known as “bullet ruby”, which is among the largest ever reported in literature, probably from Badakhshan. that is, modern-day Tajikistan.

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