Lost jewels of the Romanov

[wzslider]The lost photographs of four Russian crown jewels of the Romanovs, dating from before the Bolshevik Revolution, were discovered in a library in the United States, the U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia. The librarians discovered the four photographs in an old album 90 years ago, without a label.

The researchers described the discovery as a unique event, noting that the photographs were not included in the ” Treasure of diamonds and precious stones of Russia”, a book regarded as the most comprehensive inventory of the crown jewels of Russia. The four-piece recently discovered are on a sapphire tiara of diamonds, a sapphire bracelet, a necklace of emeralds and sapphires, and a brooch with curved shape.

The book had been filed under the category ” minerals and precious stones.” The librarians have encountered in photographs during a process of digitization of books. The date that appears on the volume indicates 1922. The photographs originally belonged to the personal collection of George F. Kunz, a mineralogist and gemologist.

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