A pair of shoes worn by the Grand Duchess Olga

Details

A pair of shoes worn by the Grand Duchess Olga
of red leather trimmed with a simple small oval buckle of gilt metal, with rounded toe and low heel ¼in. (0.5cm), lined in white kid and stamped Henry Weiss St. Pétersbourg Nevsky 66 with a double-headed eagle, circa 1900; and a chemise of fine white cotton with pleated decoration, trimmed with lace and monogrammed O N with crown above
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Provenance

Given to the vendor's grandmother who was the niece of Miss Lager, governess to the Tsarina's children

Lot Essay

Said to have belonged to the Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna 1895-1918. This lot is sold with a letter from the niece of her governess's sister, Aunt Gracie, which was sent with the shoes to her Aunt Adele for her daughter Estelle, aged two, to wear - she never did

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