Empire / Regency

Some jewelry examples from the era called Empire, Regency or Napoleonic from c. 1790 – 1820

Early 19th century purple paste necklace

Private collection

Princess Augusta of Bavaria, by François Gérard, 1800 – 15

Portrait of the Empress Josephine, by Ferdinand-Louis Quaglia, 1813 – 1814

Pair of diamond pendant-earrings, early 19th century

Private collection

Marie Louise (?), by Jean Baptiste Isabey, 1810s

Wilhelmina Jacoba van Pembroek, by Charles Howard Hodges, 1820

Coral necklace, earrings and hair comb, creating a “Parure”. Probably Italian, c. 1780 – 1800

Fashion plate detail, 1801

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