Unraveling Jewelry History...

As a historical writer, there is a lot of time spent looking for information. #AmResearching jewelry at the moment.

A key piece of info is missing for what I am writing – what happened to a particular item of pearl jewelry throughout time? This catalog, published by A.E. Fersman in 1926, has helped. He took a photo of all the jewels the Russian government had, with detailed research on each one.

If you didn’t know, jewels were often gifted among royals and reset in other pieces of jewelry. It is a complicated web if you are following one gem.

I need to combine anecdotes, news reports, and what was photographed by Fersman after a lot of tragedy befell the Russian Tzar and his family in 1918 – to get at the truth. Even then, straightforward information has proved elusive…and theft was rampant…

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