Gorgeous glitter of Russia's past

On November 17 Sotheby's Geneva will offer what is only the sixth opportunity in two centuries to buy a Russian imperial jewel.

The piece is an 18th century diamond ornament once owned by the Russian Imperial family.

Designed as a necklace, it consists of an articulated band “set in silver with a row of 27 graduated cushion-shaped diamonds in open settings with a border of stylised foliate motifs close set with smaller, similarly ...