Regards,
Dave.
When Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna married the Duke of Edinburgh her father the Emperor Alexander II gave her a magnificent diamond and Burmese ruby parure made by Bolin.
I finally got around to doing some scanning of old photos today. One image I found a while ago was a large size photo of Marie on the front of the Illustrated London News in 1899 and shows here with the necklace in the set and what seems like a now lost large brooch. Given she is wearing the same dress and jewels I suspect the 1899 photo may have been taken in 1896.
She also wore this set at the 1896 coronation so it must have been a favourite of hers. Marie is in the middle of this photo group.
there is more on the history of the tiara here, though I can't seem to find any actual images of Marie wearing this piece as she seems to have preferred the fringe tiara.
http://royalwatcherblog.com/2016/09/08/bolin-ruby-tiara/
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