From the Estate of
COUNTESS IRINA TOLSTOY
ANTIQUE DIAMOND BOW BROOCH
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ANTIQUE DIAMOND BOW BROOCH
The old mine-cut diamond bow enhanced by an old mine-cut diamond weighing approximately 1.82 cts., mounted in silver-topped rose gold
The old mine-cut diamond bow enhanced by an old mine-cut diamond weighing approximately 1.82 cts., mounted in silver-topped rose gold
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Countess Irina Tolstoy, born in St. Petersburg just before the Russian Revolution, was the Daughter of Count Nikolay Tolstoy and a grandniece of Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace. Like other Russian nobility, her family fled to Western Europe where Irina lived in Paris and later Berlin. While still in her teens she married Folike Lubromiraki, a Polish prince. After her husband's death at an early age, Countess Tolstoy remarried. Under Gestapo suspicion Irina and her second husband fled Berlin to the Far East. They travelled on the Trans-Siberian Railway under the pretense of being unable to speak, since their obvious Russian accents could have prompted arrest and death at the hands of the Russian secret police.
Countess Tolstoy lived in Tokyo and later, during the war in the Pacific, in Bangkok. Following the death of her second husband, Countess Tolstoy married Herbert Hamlet. Several years later she moved to San Fransisco where she was a well-known and brilliant hostess, often seen at opining night events at the opera and the symphony. The Countess conversed easily in several languages and was known as a charmming raconteuse who never forgot her native country. After Mr. Hamlet's death in 1970, Countess Tolstoy lived in splendid homes in Hillsborough, Palm Springs, San Francisco's Nob Hill and in Marin Country, where she passed away on March 29, 1991.
Countess Tolstoy lived in Tokyo and later, during the war in the Pacific, in Bangkok. Following the death of her second husband, Countess Tolstoy married Herbert Hamlet. Several years later she moved to San Fransisco where she was a well-known and brilliant hostess, often seen at opining night events at the opera and the symphony. The Countess conversed easily in several languages and was known as a charmming raconteuse who never forgot her native country. After Mr. Hamlet's death in 1970, Countess Tolstoy lived in splendid homes in Hillsborough, Palm Springs, San Francisco's Nob Hill and in Marin Country, where she passed away on March 29, 1991.