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The New Information about the Vladimir Tiara Posted by Beth on April 24, 2025, 1:40 pm Recently, a friend, knowing that I usually have my head buried in the last century, alerted me to the discussion on the RJWMB about the Vladimir Tiara. Below are the images I will use for a post on Instagram. I initially saw the information on @marjoleinvrr on 28 May 2023. Because the post covered the salient information, I didn't think another post was necessary - but obviously some are still unaware of the new information. More alarmingly, some significant factual errors are in items published on some websites where, because no source is quoted, it is being assumed that the site owners did the research. For those who may not be able to view an Instagram post, my last remarks do not apply to @marjoleinvrr Her post is accurate & gives the source. 1st post by @marjoleinvrr https://www.instagram.com/p/CsxvkLYItah/?img_index=1 2nd post by @marjoleinvrr https://www.instagram.com/p/CysKMBro8Oe/?img_index=1 The new information comes from, "Shedding New Light on the 'Vladimir' Tiara", Jewellery History Today, issue 47, Spring 2023. The authors are Dr Galina Korneva & Dr Tatiana Cheboksarova. The New Information 1. The tiara was made for Empress Marie Alexandrovna for the christening of her first son, Nicolas Alexandrovich, in 1843. 2. The Empress bequeathed it to her third son, Vladmir Alexandrovich in 1880. This explains why it is not seen in photographs of Marie Pavlovna prior to that time. 3. The authors provided very strong circumstantial evidence that the tiara was made by Bolin. I urge everyone to read the article. It is an engrossing read

Re: The New Information about the Vladimir Tiara Posted by PaulP on April 25, 2025, 3:10 am, in reply to "The New Information about the Vladimir Tiara" Thanks for sharing Beth, the tsarina's ownership gives this very famous tiara an enhanced provenance. It’s interesting to remember that Grand Duchess Vladimir also received from Empress Maria Alexandrovna an impressive riviere necklace of large diamonds which was also purchased by Queen Mary at the same time as the tiara. Those diamonds would later be included in her diamond sautoir created in 1928, and with the tiara would be inherited by Queen Elizabeth II. See link to Frank’s earlier post https://mb.boardhost.com/historyroyaljewels/msg/1641737637.html

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