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Napoleon Diamond Necklace
One of the most spectacular all-diamond pieces of jewelry in the
Smithsonian Insitution is the Napoleon necklace. Thought to have
originally been owned by Catherine the Great of Russia, it was
presented by the Emperor Napoleon of France to his second wife,
Marie-Louise of Austria on the birth of their son in 1811. The silver
and gold set necklace contains172 diamonds weighing 275 carats - 28
oval and cushion-cut diamonds, dangling 19 briolette-cut oval and pear
shaped diamonds and accented by small, round diamonds and diamond set
motifs in a silver and gold setting. The diamonds are cut in \"old mine\"
style, the precursor to the modern brilliant cut, and have a high
degree of fire (flashes of color as the stone moves in light), but less
brilliance due to less light refraction through the top of the stone. |
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