set in platinum and 18 ct. white gold comprising of over 46 ct. of very fine diamonds and 25 ct. of natural Columban Emeralds of the best quality was inslpired by a necklace given to a French Princess in 1895 Helene of Orleans and sold at Christie's Geneva for over $2.6 million. This necklace is called a statement piece made with emeralds and diamonds of exceptional quality, the delicate craftsmanship typical of the style of the early nineteenth-century resembling jewels of the First Empire made for Empress Josephine.