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Leemage / Corbis via Getty Images In celebration of June’s birthstone, the Tiara of the Month is this monumental pearl diadem by Gabriel Lemonnier, which was commissioned by Napoleon III in 1853 as a wedding gift to his bride, Eugénie de Montigjo. The tiara features 212 pearls and nearly 2000 diamonds set in foliage scrolls with upright pear-shaped pearls, set in silver. The stones had belonged to the French State Treasury, as was the practice at this time, while France journeyed in and out of monarchical rule. After his defeat by Prussia in 1870, Napoleon and Eugénie took exile in England where they were hosted by Queen Victoria, and the tiara was returned to the French State. In 1887 during the Third Republic of France the tiara was sold, and out of the 69 lots put up for sale, 24 were purchased by Tiffany & Co, the most successful bidder at the auction.

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