Crown of the Day:
Crown of Empress Marie Louise. A gift from Napoleon I in 1810. Set in silver, the 950 diamonds weigh 700 carats. The 79 original emeralds have been replaced with Persian turquoise cabochons.
Lies today in the Janet Nirenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals of the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
July 28, 2011, 9:03am
