The dress ornaments were commissioned by Catherine the Great in 1764. The maker was Leopold Pfisterer. One of the ornaments has the year of the commission and the monogram of Pfisterer inscribed.
I quoted the V&A website in my post: "The set was formerly part of the Russian Imperial Collection. It was sold by the Bolshevik government after the Russian Revolution of 1917."
Dress ornaments
The bow brooches are not signed, but a Russian origin has been suggested.
Bodice ornaments
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