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Napoleon's Gold and Diamond Signet Ring Heads to Auction
According to Sotheby's, their forthcoming auction of Pierre-Jean Chalençon's collection "presents an extraordinary synthesis ...
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Toi et moi engagement rings really say ‘forever’: from Napoleon and Joséphine, to John and Jackie Kennedy, and Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, era-defining couples shared ...
The two-stone ring first gained notoriety back in the late 18th century, when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte presented his bride-to-be and future empress, Joséphine de Beauharnais, with a ...
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Dressed to empress: the Joséphine influence
just as Napoleon modelled himself on the emperors of Ancient Rome. Boodles gold, diamond, tourmaline and enamel Florentine Dolce Vita ring, from £6,800 Jessica McCormack yellow- and white-gold ...
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Napoleon’s Hat Sells for $2.1 Million at Auction in France
An engagement ring belonging to Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, went for $1.2 million in 2013. Napoleon, an outsider from Corsica who rose to rule France in 1799, has long fascinated collectors ...
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Napoleon and Josephine’s real relationship was intense – but they loved power more than each other
Katherine Astbury receives funding from UKRI's Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is affiliated with the Commission internationale d’histoire de la Révolution française. When Vanessa ...