Besides the ruby jewels of the Crown's collection, Empress Euenie also privately owned a few lavish ruby jewels:
- a ruby and diamond laurel tiara made by the Crown jeweller Bapst for Empress Eugenie:
- a ruby and diamond floral spray, said to have belonged to Empress Eugenie (picture from the magazine Connaissance des Arts, April 1962):
- a ruby, pearl and diamond necklace, seen at the Paris "Biennale des Antiquaires" in September 2014, at Martin du Daffoy's stand, and matching the description of a necklace presented to Empress Eugenie on the occasion of her wedding to Napoleon III in 1853:
Empress Josephine, first wife of Napoleon I, also owned a beautiful ruby and diamond brooch of naturalistic laurel design, which is sheer and glittering gorgeousness...