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It helped the company to expand its own chain: in 2014, 258 stores totaled 6 billion rubles in revenue, making it the 6th largest jewelry retailer in Russia. [2] [5] By 2020, the company operated 350 stores and an online marketplace that offered Sunlight along with other jewelry brands, such as Sokolov, Aethet, Bronnitsky Jeweller, and more. [3]
Bibi van der Velden, a Dutch jewelry designer, was inspired by the show items by Russian court jewelers that display their craft in ways that explore material use as well as visual references. She selected a Neptune sculpture from circa 1600 that was placed on show in the "Treasury" room. [ 4 ]
The Book of Masters, a 2009 Russian language fantasy film, is loosely based on Bazhov's tales, mostly "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" [44] and "The Stone Flower". [45] [46] The 2012 opera The Malachite Casket, based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Malachite Casket", was created by Dmitry Batin . [47]
The Malachite Room, the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, by Konstantin Ukhtomsky (1865) The Malachite Room, photographed c. 1900 Location of the Malachite Room within the Winter Palace The Malachite Room of the Winter Palace , St Petersburg , was designed in the late 1830s by the architect Alexander Briullov for use as a formal reception room for ...
24.78-carat (4.956 g) A 24.78-carat Fancy Intense Pink diamond and, until the sale of the Sweet Josephine diamond in November 2015, it was the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction. Previously owned by Harry Winston and an unnamed private collector, and bought by Laurence Graff (November 2010).
A discovery made by Russian and German archaeologists in 2001 near Kyzyl, the capital of the Russian republic of Tuva in Siberia is the earliest of its kind and predates the influence of Greek civilisation. Archaeologists discovered almost 5,000 decorative gold pieces including earrings, pendants and beads.
The firm's archives once dated as far back as 1796, and its founder, the German-born jeweller Andreas Roempler, was established in St. Petersburg as early as 1790. In the registers of the German colony of this city he is called Master of Diamonds.
This helped solidify the Hermitage as not only a dwelling place for the Imperial family, but also as an important symbol and memorial to the imperial Russian state. Today, the palace and the museum are one and the same. In Catherine's day, the Winter Palace served as a central part of what was called the Palace Square.