Re: Ears of Wheat from Empress Josephine Archived Message
Posted by Lorenzo on September 24, 2015, 7:18 am, in reply to "Re: Ears of Wheat from Empress Josephine"
These were private jewels not the french crown jewels ! --Previous Message-- : Probably Chaumet must have details in his : archive... : : I have some information about the ears of : wheat for Empress Josephines Jewels. : : In her inventory of 1804 are 49 : ears-of-wheat. Which are later bequeathed to : the Family of her son Eugene of Leuchtenberg : Beauharnais. : I know there are still some of that : ears-of-wheat in a part of the family : : Well I remember, later a tiara was build for : Eugenie with ears of wheat ....but not in : 1811 ;-) : : :
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