Imperial Russian Artist's Palette Charm tiara and the the stone cut

and the the stone cut is beautifully imperfect (swipe to see): it really showcases all the charms of the old mine cut

a small chip to the back by the hinge

Very good with fine antique patina

intricately worked in the regency style

and dates from the late 19th Century

Imperial Russian Artist's Palette Charm tiara and the the stone cutDATE: Pre Revolution, c. 1903 1903 saw the foundation of the Union of Russian Artists, an exhibiting society comprising artists from the St Petersburg based Mir iskusstva (World of Art) and former members of the progressive and democratic group known as the Wanderers (Peredvizhniki). The World of Art movement had become disillusioned, as the Pre Raphaelites had before them, with the anti aesthetic nature of modern industrial society, seeking to