Tsar Crown
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The tsar's crown was the official crown of the emperors of Russia until the fall of the monarchy in 1917. Peter I the Great crowned himself emperor for the first time. The last time the crown was for the coronation of Nicholas II. Used 1896th It is now in the treasury of the Moscow Kremlin .
history
The great tsar's crown was made for the coronation of Catherine II the Great in 1762 by court jewelers J. Posier and JF Loubier. Since it was completed too late, it did not come into effect until the coronation of Paul I in 1796. Until 1918 the crown, also called Imperial Crown Paul , was in the crown chamber in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg . The Hermitage has miniature models of the imperial crowns made by Fabergé .
It was also used as a symbol on several coats of arms and flags of Russian territories.
description
It has the shape of a miter, typical for an imperial crown, with a crown bow in the middle and consists of silver , gold , pearls , 4936 diamonds (2858 carats ) and weighs 1907 grams. In the middle of the crown hanger sits a silver-framed muggled spinel of 398.72 carats, which the rulers of that time had acquired from the Chinese emperor Kangxi in 1676 . There is a diamond cross on it. The attachment point on the hoop is covered by loop-like structures that merge into leaf-like ornaments on both sides and connect with the diamond-shaped ornaments of the two bowls. The edges of the bowls, which run parallel to the bow, are decorated with pearls. Both bowls are divided in the middle by a leaf-like ornament.
