I suspect a lot got broken up and the stones sold individually to avert the legacy of things like the Vladimir emeralds.
Mind you we know a few pieces are around with a pearl and diamond Kokoshnik seen amongst Imelda Marco’s contentious collection.
I know that it is popularly accepted that the Greek turquoise parure, as worn by Princess Christopher, was commissioned by Queen Olga from Faberge, but I have never seen anything by an historian to support this. Perhaps I haven't been looking in the correct places!
My queries arise from the following.
1. The upper section of the Russian and Greek tiara appear identical. The only differences appear to be that the Greek tiara lacks the base/bandeau section.
What are the chances that Faberge would risk Imperial patronage by making an identical item for another, but less powerful, royal family?
2. We have no public record of the Greek parure until after the 1929 wedding of Princess Francoise.
Unfortunately, I do not read even one word of Greek so, even if the newspapers were available, I could not check to see if there was even any mention of Queen Olga wearing turquoises and how they might have been arranged.
I haven't read Prince Michael's book. Did he specifically say that the parure was from Queen Olga? Or just that his father inherited turquoises?
I think we need to keep an open mind on this until someone has had the opportunity to look at primary source documents which might help unravel the mystery.
I featured the replica Greek Turquoise Parure in a recent article, HERE , and in my research, I found that the Parure was commissioned by Queen Olga of Greece, from Fabergé, and then inherited by her youngest son, Prince Christopher, who got a less precious stone being a younger son according to Prince Michael. Queen Olga’s Fabergé Turquoise Parure was sold sometime during or soon after WWII, when Princess Françoise was in exile in Morocco and Spain, and its current whereabouts are unknown.
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