The Imperial Tiara is made with one hundred and seventy one natural South Sea pearls, a fortune of diamonds, all set in pure platinum.

This beauty has been with our company, Imperial, since the 1940’s. When Banice Bazar purchased the company in 1971 with the transfer of ownership, came the tiara. It has been a piece that has not only become a symbol to us of the beauty and elegance, which pearls possess, but has provided inspiration for our logo as well. The center pearl resting on the peak of the tiara was coined the “Star of the Celebes”. Celebes is an island in Indonesia that is more recently known as Sulawesi. That particular pearl weighs in at 56 grains. The 170 other pearls range in color from golden, rose, silver blue, Smokey gray and a distinct blue. The total diamond weight is unknown.



In an age before Facebook, forums and Internet marketing, prized custom made pieces brought a great deal of attention to Imperial. After it’s construction the tiara went on tour where it was shown at high-end jewelry stores, trade shows, and other exhibits. This was a common marketing tactic of Joseph Goldstone the former owner of the Imperial Pearl Syndicate. Some of the pieces that he commissioned to be created consisted of, a cultured pearl hand bag made of twelve thousand individually sewn pearls, A dress made entirely of cultured pearls to be modeled at shows, The united states capital building made of 217,569 Akoya pearls, a replica of the Trylon and Perisphere made entirely of pearls for the 1939-1940 worlds fair and the golden gate bridge made of Akoyas.

 

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