STICKPIN
RUSSIA, CIRCA I800
Gold, silver, blue diamond (7. 6 carats), white diamonds (.96 carats) 1 x 3/4 in (2.6x 1.8 cm)
The State Diamond Fund of the Russian Federation
Inv. No. AF-8
This pin features a blue diamond believed to have been cleft from the famed stone called "Le Tavernier" - the same stone as the Hope diamond.
The stone, originally set as a ring for Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Emperor Paul I, was given to the Diamond Fund in 1860, by her daughter-in-law, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
