La Regente

La Regente is known as the largest natural, regular shaped pearl in the world. It is described as “silvery-white” and has a distinct glow to it after all of these years. It was discovered in 1811 and was recorded to be 346.27 grains, by Napoleon I.

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The oval shaped pearl was put into a tiara for Marie Louise, Empress of France at that time. Then in 1853, Napoleon III removed the pearl from the tiara and mounted it onto a diamond brooch for wife, Eugenie de Montijo.

la regente

After being placed on a necklace along with many other pearls, diamonds and sapphires by a Middle-Eastern family, La Regente was put up for auction in 2005. It sold for a record breaking $2.5 million to an unknown buyer in Geneva.

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