Design
The tiara is made up of a silver mesh over a felt base and consists of three separate golden crowns. Each crown is inlaid with pearls, 90 on each, a total of 540 pearls on the tiara. The first crown contains sixteen rubies, three emeralds, a hyacinth (yellow zircon), an aquamarine, three rubies, a sapphire, and eight gold points with five garnets and two 'Balas rubies' (red spinels). The second crown has on it ten emeralds, eight spinels, one chrysolite, two aquamarines, six small rubies and three sapphires. The third crown has sixteen small spinels, three larger spinels, four sapphires, three hyacinths, three aquamarines, one garnet, eight gold floral ornaments each with two emeralds, one spinel, a chrysolite and eight gold points, each adorned with a garnet. The top of the tiara beneath the monde is covered with a layer of thin gold, on which are eight rubies and eight emeralds. The gold covering is a gold monde enameled in blue on the top of which is a cross containing eleven brilliants. Jewels are also attached to the lappets.
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