Decoration
It was not just the frequency of the receipt of papal tiaras that increased, but also their value and scale of the decoration. While the sole surviving tiara from before the invasion of Napoleon Bonaparte's troops in 1798 (when all the other tiaras were taken and broken up and their jewels stolen by the troops) is decorated with many jewels, the scale of its decoration pales in comparison to 19th century tiaras, such as that given to Pope Gregory XVI in 1834.
Gregory's heavily decorated tiara was however overtaken in decor both by the tiara given by Queen Isabella II of Spain in 1855 and by the tiara given to Pope Pius IX in 1877 by the Vatican's Palatine Honour guard in honour of his Jubilee.
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