Crown jewellery - the famous crown of the Russian Empire
Table of contents:
The Crown of the Russian Empire is truly a masterpiece of jewelry! In its creation took his direct involvement to two masters: court jeweler by the name of Georg-Friedrich Eckart and professional diamond art - Jeremiah posier.
The maximum Objective
The crown of the Russian Empire (a photo of which is given in this article) saw the light in the distant 1762. Ordered it specifically to make the coronation then already deceased wife of Peter III - Catherine II. The Eckart was tasked with creating sketches of the future crown, and posier - direct selection of precious stones.
The Most important condition set before the masters, was, in any case not to allow the great Imperial crown of the Russian Empire were heavier than two kilograms. It should be noted that this condition has been met with maximum precision. Weighed ready jewelry 1993,8 grams.
Regardless of the complexity of its design, the headpiece of the future Empress Catherine II was created for relatively little juice for a couple of months.
Appearance and symbols
It is Curious that the shape of the finished jewelry was made in Oriental traditions. Crown of the Russian Empire is divided into two silver hemispheres, which symbolizes the connection of East and West. Majestic, the picture of this product is not only beautiful, but also filled with a very deep meaning: Laurel branches in its lower part, symbolize the glory and oak leaves and acorns is a strength and a fortress of Imperial power.
As for its dimensions, the height is 27.5 inches, and the length of the inner hole is 64 inches.
The Crown of the Russian Empire consists of more than 5 thousand gems. Of these, exactly 4936 is the faceted diamonds, total weight - 2858 carats! In addition to diamonds in the crown used the pearls needed to accentuate the beauty of the diamond lace. Precious metals, included in the decoration of this jewelry was silver and gold. The crown headdress is a very rare precious stone of red colour called noble spinel.
Recommended
"Knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness": the value, meaning and alternatives
There are some sayings that would seem to need no explanation, such as “teaching & ndash; light and ignorance – darkness”. But some still do not understand their meaning. But not only for such people is written by our article. I...
What was invented by Mendeleev for the army. The history and fate of the invention
D. I. Mendeleev was a brilliant Russian scientist-polymath, who made many important discoveries in various fields of science and technology. Many people know that he is the author of “Fundamentals of chemistry" and the periodic law of chem...
The origin of the Slavs. The influence of different cultures
Slavs (under this name), according to some researchers, appeared in the story only in 6 century ad. However, the language of nationality bears the archaic features of the Indo-European community. This, in turn, suggests that the origin of the Slavs h...
Popular and famous
The Great Imperial crown so closely "caught on in the court", after Catherine II, this headdress was a prerequisite for the coronation of all subsequent emperors, beginning with Paul I to the last of the Romanov dynasty, Nicholas II.
Today we can safely say that this crown is the most famous of all her predecessors and followers, to the sunset of the Romanov monarchy in Russia.
In 1984, this unique jewelry a monument was solemnly restored jewelers Nikolaev V. V., Aleksakhin, G. F. and V. G. Sitnikov artist Today is a unique piece of jewelry is among the most unique exhibits (Imperial Orb and scepter) of the Diamond Fund of Russia.
Last time...
The Most recent case, was used when crown of the Russian Empire, was a state event in 1906 - a ceremony to mark the opening of the first State Duma, which was attended by the last owner of the Russian land - Nicholas II Romanov.
Article in other languages:
KK: https://tostpost.com/kk/b-l-m/20348-t-zh-zergerl-k-sheberl-k---ata-ty-t-zh-resey-imperiyasy.html
TR: https://tostpost.com/tr/e-itim/20357-ta-kuyumcu-i-ilik---nl-ta-rusya-mparatorlu-u.html
Alin Trodden - author of the article, editor
"Hi, I'm Alin Trodden. I write texts, read books, and look for impressions. And I'm not bad at telling you about it. I am always happy to participate in interesting projects."
Related News
Time to choose a specialty: what subjects do you need to take to be a psychologist?
Today interest in psychology has never been greater. Young people complete school, think about the future, which is associated with higher education, and puzzled by the choice of a profession. Specialty psychology seems the most i...
the Principle, who in 1811 formulated the Italian chemist Amadeo Avogadro (1776-1856) stated: at the same temperature and pressure equal volumes of gases will contain the same number of molecules regardless of their chemical...
Select the root in the word - features, rules, and examples
Know the morphemic composition of the word is necessary not only for the proper performance of morphemic analysis, but also for correctly spelling most words, because it is often necessary to know the correct spelling of specific ...
Egor Frantsevich Kankrin was Minister of Finance during the reign of Alexander the first and Nicholas the First from 1823 to 1844-the year. In 1829-m he was awarded the title of count. Economic views of worker implemented th...
What is the excitation: the value of words, the use in different areas of knowledge
In everyday life we often hear the word "excited." Familiar just attributed this feeling to a state of increased physical activity or sex drive. However, the use of it in speech is not always related to the physiological processes...
The February revolution 1917: the background and the nature of
the February revolution of 1917 is one of the most hackneyed themes in Russian historiography. However, we cannot say that she does not deserve such attention that she was given as in the Soviet era and nowadays. Whatever was said...
Comments (0)
This article has no comment, be the first!