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Imagine my delight when I discovered the tiara, along with dozens of other Fabergé items, is on permanent display at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences.

"Korōnē means 'the curved beak of the crow', but it also means a 'garland or crown'." One of the grandest and most intricate tiaras in the Norwegian royal vaults, this early nineteenth-century sparkler first belonged to Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway, a granddaughter of Empress Josephine.

This one, only 5.2" wide, is known as the Empress Josephine tiara or sometimes the Leuchtenberg tiara,  but as it was made by Fabergé’s workmaster August Holmström in 1890 and the Empress died in 1814, it was certainly never hers.

Princess Maria Gabriella, her daughter, inherited the tiara in 2001 and put it up for auction in 2007.

The tiara provided by the last was made from elements of former papal tiaras destroyed after the capture of Rome, and was given to Pius VII as a 'wedding gift' to mark Napoleon's own marriage to Empress Josephine on the eve of his imperial coronation. One of the curators at the museum told me that the family had so much Fabergé, that they'd turn up for meetings at the museum while discussing the loan, pull some priceless item from their pocket where it had been jostling around with their handkerchief and wallet, and say "Oh, here. Roberto Calasso (The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony) The briolette-cut (i.e. Empress Joséphine or Joséphine de Beauharnais (French: [ʒo.ze.fin də‿bo.aʁ.nɛ]; born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoleon and the first empress of the French after he proclaimed himself emperor. Their youngest son married the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I, which explains why diamonds given by an Emperor of Russia to the Empress Josephine, ended up in the tiara of a Russian princess.

The Leuchtenberg family sold the tiara during WWI, and it was bought by the Belgium royal family. They're frivolous and cruelly expensive bits of frippery, and yes, I know that in today's earnest, take-issues-seriously world,  I should be concerning myself with gay rights or ending hunger and oppression--and believe me, most days I do just that--but just once in a while I want to be frivolous too.

Is it any wonder that I was so keen to go to Galacticon3 to do that writing workshop?! Materials: pearls and seven cameos set in gold. Content may not be reproduced without the author's permission. The tiara took an interesting path to Norway: Queen Josefina left it to her granddaughter, Queen Lovisa of Denmark, who willed it to her son, Prince Gustav. www.thecourtjeweller.com/2015/03/josephines-jewels-myths-and-legends.html Have this one as well." The generosity of the McFerrin's is laudable. This one, only 5.2" wide, is known as the Empress Josephine tiara or sometimes the Leuchtenberg tiara, but as it was made by Fabergé’s workmaster August Holmström in 1890 and the Empress died in 1814, it was certainly never hers. Throughout Josephine's lifetime she was a great lover of the arts.

Purely frivolous and perfectly harmless snark and admiration for all things stylish and royal. Pack your bags, we're heading for Norway, and straight for some lusciously colored stones: This tiara originates (speculatively, perhaps) with Empress Joséphine, first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. We've been discussing bridal tiaras, all white, all British, for too long. Tiaras aren't everyone's cup of tea, I know, but I adore them. The tiara was bought by the McFerrin family, who have collected Fabergé items for years and have put their collection on permanent loan to the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences. The tiara then passed to his sister, Queen Maria José (1906-2001) the last Queen of Italy. I must confess, I am only a recent member of the Empress Joséphine Emerald Tiara fan club. They are amongst the loveliest of adornments which, when they catch the light, scintillate shamelessly (in Geoffrey Munn's immortal phrase). Are you in the Empress Joséphine Emerald Tiara fan club? There are not many Fabergé tiaras in existence. The potted history of a glorious work of art.

It's an extraordinary collection of items with everything from famous Fabergé eggs to parasol handles to the tiara. When Queen Elisabeth of Belgium died in 1965, her son Prince Charles Theodore (1903-83) inherited it. drop-shaped) diamonds in the tiara were a gift from Emperor Alexander I of Russia to Josephine when he visited La Malmaison following her divorce from Napoleon, perhaps as a part-payment for an important collection of old master paintings which the Emperor acquired from her and is still in the Hermitage today.

The Leuchtenberg title was given to Eugène de Beauhamais, the son of the Empress Josephine and the adopted stepson of Napoleon, when Eugène married Princess Augusta of Bavaria. Tch. Pack your bags, we're heading for Norway, and straight for some lusciously colored stones: They're just beautiful. I wish they'd thought of me when they were doing that. However, some of the diamonds were. Empress Josephine of France's Cameo Tiara Creation: The tiara was created by Marie-Etienne Nitot in 1809. It was made for her by the French jeweler Bapst, and is part of a parure that today includes a necklace, earrings, and two brooches. Empress Josephine of France's Brunswick Tiara Creation: In 1913, the tiara was extensively repaired by Hermann Jürgens, the court jeweller of Brunswick, including replacing two of the large diamonds.

The tiara gets its name from Empress Joséphine even though the lady died decades before the headpiece was crafted. So there you are. However, some of the diamonds were.

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