Materials: sapphires and diamonds set in gold and silver
Provenance:
- Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia née Princess Marie of Hesse
 - Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia; inherited from his mother in 1880
 - Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia; inherited from his brother in 1908
 
Other Wearers:
- Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia née Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; borrowed from her brother-in-law, Grand Duke Alexei in 1906
 - Princess Olga Paley née Karnovitch von Pistohlkors
 
Questions:
- When was this tiara created?
 - Which jeweller created this tiara?
 - Does this tiara still exist intact?
 - Was this tiara part of the jewels that were confiscated by the Bolsheviks from Grand Duke Paul's bank deposit vault in 1918?
 
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