Imperial Russian gold, diamonds, sapphire and ruby double-headed eagle pendant with chain, St Petersburg, 1913.

Marked 56 Russian gold with the maker’s mark ‘EP’ in Cyrillic for unknown maker but most likely from Morozov Retailers.

This particular pendant with the chain was made to commemorate the Romanov Tercentenary in 1913. A very similar example was presented by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to her lady-in-waiting, Baroness Buxhoeveden - See Prince Micheal of Greece, Jewels of the Tsars, 2006, p134.

Size:

7.5cm x 2.9cm.

Weight with chain:

23gr.