The Ornamented Being

Empress Josephine Tiara

“This diamond tiara was created by Fabergé c. 1890. The stunning briolette diamonds were a gift from Tsar Alexander I given to the Empress Josephine after she was divorced from Napoleon Bonaparte. This piece is one of only a few tiaras ever made by Fabergé.”

Here is another article with the price it sold for:  ”A diamond tiara, made by Fabergé in 1895, went for £1.05 million to an anonymous buyer at Christie’s in London. It was among £1.7 million of jewellery sold by Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, 67, the daughter of the last King of Italy, Umberto II. The centrepiece was the tiara known as the Empress Josephine tiara because it contains pear-shaped or teardrop diamonds given by Tsar Alexander I to the Empress Josephine. It was estimated to fetch £390,000.”