A RARE SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST CATHERINE WITH DIAMONDS, FIRST CLASS
A RARE SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST CATHERINE WITH DIAMONDS, FIRST CLASS
A RARE SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST CATHERINE WITH DIAMONDS, FIRST CLASS
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A RARE SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST CATHERINE WITH DIAMONDS, FIRST CLASS

BY BOLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 44062

细节
A RARE SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST CATHERINE WITH DIAMONDS, FIRST CLASS
BY BOLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 44062
The pointed star set with diamonds, enclosing a red guilloché enamelled medallion set with the motto of the Order in Russian 'For Love and Fatherland', surmounted by the Imperial crown, with a hinged pin on the reverse, apparently unmarked
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
来源
Victoria, Queen Consort of Spain (1887-1969).
By family descent.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner.

拍品专文

The Order of St Catherine came in two classes and was established in 1713 by Peter the Great to commemorate the heroic deeds of his consort, the future Empress Catherine I. All female members of the Russian Imperial family were awarded the Grand Cross of the Order, as were members of foreign Royal families.

According to the Cabinet ledgers, it appears that the present order was purchased by the Imperial Cabinet on 27 May 1908 for 3,750 roubles from the jeweller Bolin and was presented to Victoria Battenberg on the same day. The discovery of this entry for the present order in the Cabinet ledgers for 1908, clarifies incomplete previous accounts (see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, The Russian Imperial Award System 1894-1917, Helsinki, 2005, p. 423, and S. Levin, Orden sviatogo Andreya Pervozvannogo (1699-1917). Order sviatoy velikomuchenitsy Ekateriny (1714-1917). Spiski kavalerov i kavalerstvennyh dam, Moscow, 2003, p. 66).

Princess Victoria (1887-1969), known as Ena, was the youngest granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the cousin of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. It was two years after Victoria married King Alfonso XIII and became the Queen Consort of Spain that the present Order was awarded to her.

Stars of the Order of St Catherine are extremely rare at auction. For a full set of insignia of the Order of St Catherine, see Christie's, London, 28 November 2007, lot 22.

We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.

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