Our retrospective of the jewels and history of Greece’s royal weddings continues today with the 1964 nuptials of the country’s last king, Constantine II, and his Danish-born wife, Princess Anne-Marie.
The Nightly Necklace: Marie Feodorovna’s Sapphire Necklace
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Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia wears an elaborate diamond and sapphire festoon necklace, as well as additional jewels from a coordinating parure, in a portrait by Konstantin Makovsky, ca. late nineteenth century; the necklace, which includes a sapphire that measured a whopping 159 carats, was confiscated after the revolution and later disappeared
The Nightly Necklace: Marie Feodorovna’s Diamond Wave Necklace
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Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia wears her diamond and pearl wave necklace (with her diamond fringe tiara, two pearl necklaces, and the necklace’s coordinating brooch) in a portrait by Ivan Kramskoi, ca. 1881; the necklace and brooch were part of a parure (possibly made by Cartier) that was confiscated by the Soviets after the revolution and subsequently disappeared
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