Re: Lovely Banner, Arthur! Archived Message
Posted by Arthur  on July 14, 2015, 7:32 am, in reply to "Re: Lovely Banner, Arthur!"
Thank you all for your kind comments!
The pearl and diamond tiara of Empress Eugénie is displayed in the Louvre Museum, but it would need a good cleaning to display its full sparkle capacity!
See http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1430001560.html
The sapphire and diamond tiara was made for Queen Marie-Amélie, wife of King Louis-Philippe, with stones bought by Louis-Philippe from Empress Joséphine's children. It was never part of the Crown jewels, but was a privately-owned jewel. The tiara (along with the rest of the parure) remained in the Orléans family until 1985, when the late Count of Paris sold the parure to the Louvre. It was displayed, a few years ago, in the Apollo's Gallery of the Museum, but is now not displayed anymore - unfortunately! 
The ruby and diamond tiara was part of a parure belonging to the Crown Jewels collection, made for the Duchess of Angoulême, niece of Kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, and de facto "First Lady" of France from 1814 to 1830. The parure was unaltered by Queen Marie-Amélie (who never wore the Crown Jewels) and by Empress Eugénie, and was finally sold by the republican government in 1887. The ruby tiara was later in the collection of Cornelia, Countess of Craven, and was sold at auction again after her death, in 1961. Its later whereabouts are unknown - though I have often read that the tiara could be in the Niarchos family, but I have never seen pictures or other pieces of information which could confirm this speculation.
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