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At the time of its discovery, it was the largest pearl ever found. In 1913 the pearl had to be drilled and cleaned to secure it firmly to its setting. After drilling and cleaning, the pearl's weight decreased to 203.84 grains. La Peregrina remains one of the largest perfectly symmetrical pear-shaped pearls in the world. [2]
The pearl passed to her son, Felix Yusupov, best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin. [2] [3] During the October Revolution of 1917 many jewels from the Yusupov collection were taken by the Bolsheviks, but La Pelegrina had a different fate. Felix was able to smuggle the pearl, together with a few other jewels, out of Russia.
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid.Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) [1] in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers.
Peregrina may refer to: Jatropha integerrima, commonly known as peregrina, a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae; Peregrina (Venezuelan TV series), a 1973 Venezuelan telenovela; Peregrina (Mexican TV series), a 2005 Mexican telenovela; Peregrina, a 1951 Mexican film "Peregrina", a song commissioned by Felipe Carrillo ...
Mary I and the Tudor pearl Hans Eworth 1554 Isabella of Portugal probably wearing the pearl. The Mary Tudor pearl or simply The Tudor pearl is an asymmetrical drop-shaped pearl featured in at least three portraits of Queen Mary I of England and estimated to be 64.5 carats, 258 grains in weight and dated to 1526. [1]
When Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection was offered at auction at Christie’s in 2011, collectors with an eye for heritage—if not the budget for the legendary La Peregrina pearl—focused ...
A large pearl with a complex history known as "La Peregrina", once owned by Elizabeth Taylor, was thought to have been Mary's. [81] Estimates of the values of the diamond, at 60,000 scudi, and the pendant pearl, at 5,000 scudi, were given in the Italian Narratione. [82]
Mary's pearl is perhaps confused with the Spanish royal La Peregrina pearl. [54] A gown of Mary's described in a later royal inventory may have been the one worn on her wedding day; a French gown of rich gold tissue, with a border of purple satin, all over embroidered with purls of damask gold and pearls, lined with purple taffeta.