{"product_id":"baroness-zeddeler-kschessinska-imperial-russian-signed-letter-family-heirlooms","title":"Baroness Zeddeler Kschessinska Imperial Russian Signed Letter Family Heirlooms","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eBibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cfont\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\"\u003e\u003cfont\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFine antique signed letter from the ballerina Baroness Julia Feliksovna Zeddeler nee Kshessinskaya (1866- circa 1969), she was the eldest sister of the famous ballerina Mathilde who had been a lover of Tsar Nicholas II in his youth and later married Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich. The letter is dated 9th January 1935 and is addressed to her nephew Slava \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003eAstafiev (d.1976), son of her brother Joseph (1868-1942), and his first wife Serafima Alexandrovna Astafieva (1876-1934), he married Margot Luck. Julia and her husband Alexander fled St Petersburg for Kislovodsk in the early phase of the revolution and in this letter she laments the loss of family heirlooms stolen when their trunk was broken into. She fears the political climate in the Soviet Union as she has not heard from his father (her brother), who remained there with his third wife, \"they have terrible, crazy terror there...Those scoundrels do not have a single drop of conscience or heart, they can shoot someone who is not guilty of anything.\" Joseph and his wife both died during the Siege of Leningrad.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eThere is a full translation in the final image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: large; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: large; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eSize: 20.5 x 27 cm approx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: center;\"\u003ePhotos\nform part of the description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\n\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u0026lt;\/\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSub-Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Royalty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed Letters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Russian Federation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bibelots London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55222515040594,"sku":"206655915212","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9735\/0482\/files\/57_42f5d1ba-ed95-44fd-8bbf-3ae9a7470395.png?v=1793055714","url":"https:\/\/bibelotslondon.com\/products\/baroness-zeddeler-kschessinska-imperial-russian-signed-letter-family-heirlooms","provider":"Bibelots London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}