I recall reading (I cannot recall where!) Sybil Sassoon bought the sapphire tiara and necklace but replaced the sapphires as the original ones y were not of great quality.
They were selected originally for their size and to meet the requirements of the Emperor that the jewels be as grand as possibly can be but the stones weren't necessarily the best quality available.
Fortunately Sybil had plenty of money to replace them with better.
Many thanks Janet! Some one has taken a lot of time to enhance what look like items from the official catalogue (with photos) from the sale of French crown jewels.
See https://archive.org/details/LesDiamantsDeLaCouronne/page/n45 (and other pages) for the original black and white images.
Unfortunately, to my eyes, the colouring of the various coloured gemstone parures makes the stones look artificial. But what an incredible effort the person has made!
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