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Imperial Easter-Egg
Coming up for auction this Easter is a wonderful porcelain vase in the shape of an Easter-egg bearing Imperial monogram MA for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, née Danish Princess Dagmar. The vase was manufactured by The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in St. Petersburg, c. 1900 and probably given as Easter-Egg present according to orthodox tradition. […]
Wonderfull watercolors by Grand Duchess Olga up for auction 12 February 2024!
Lot 2407/25 Olga Alexandrovna (b. Peterhof Palace 1882, d. Toronto 1960, Grand Duchess of Russia): Colourful flowers in the windowsill at her Danish residence Knudsminde in Ballerup. Signed Olga. Oil on canvas. 32×47 Provenance: “The Danish seller’s stepmother’s parents, Arne Hammer and his Russian-born wife, Tatiana Konstantinova Hammer, née Martinson. Arne Hammer worked for the […]
A once-in-a-lifetime-buy – The Imperial “Peterhof” banqueting Service
Up for sale at Auction on September 19th in Copenhagen is a very rare and delicate Imperial banqueting service, “The Banqueting Service for the Grand Peterhof Palace”. A remarkable large Russian porcelain dinner service, including several serving pieces, comprising 57 parts in total. The dinner sercvice was originally ordered by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia […]
Happy independence day
Today, Ukraine celebrates 32 years of independence. The independence day is the main state holiday in modern Ukraine, celebrated on August 24 in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991. In 1916 the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna left Petrograd (Sct. Petersburg) to join her daugther, the grandduchess Olga then working as a trained nurse […]
Alexei Nicholaevich
Alexei Nikolaevich (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsarevich (Heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire). He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden , whose father was appointed ambassador to the Royal Danish Court […]
Book release
Our latest book release features articles commemorating the danish princess Dagmar – the Russian empress Maria Feodorovna – and the memorable moments and places in Denmark dearest to her heart: – The double engagements to the granddukes Nicolas (1864) and Alexander (1866) at the Bernstorff and Fredensborg Palaces – The grand fête celebrated at her […]
Dress belonging to empress Maria Feodorovna
Thousands of sparkling sequins, pearls and jetbeads all hand embroidered by nameless seamstresses for the Empress dowager Maria Feodorovnas wonderfull black tulle-satin-and-lace dress in 1912. The dress was designed by the fashionable Brissac – couturier to the Imperial court and the grand ladies of Sct. Petersburg, and was exhibited at the 2019 easter exhibition, comemorating […]
Russian Icons and antiques
Great variety in artefacts coming up next week on web auction sale in Copenhagen, including another wonderful painting by Grandduchess Olga and several 18th century Russsian icons, including a richly decorated silver Oklad and Mother of God inlaid with pearls Link to auction
Grandduchess Olga as an artist
Grandduchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882 – 1960), the daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, was a younger sister to the last Romanov Emperor Nicholas II. As a child, she studied in the Imperial Palace at Gatchina under the guidance of the best artists of the empire, nameley Kirill Vikentievich Lemokh (Moscow, 1841 – […]
Grandduchess Olga painting for sale
Upcoming international Danish web auction in Copenhagen features yet another delicate and lovely oilpainting by Grandduchess Olga, to be sold on august 21st, valued at 10.000 Dkkr. and signed “Olga” Visit webauction