Posted by Henri M on October 21, 2013, 11:57 am, in reply to "Collaborations"
Speaking about Vita Israël. The firm Israël & Hoetig created the Wedding Gift Parure 1901. For so far known the (unwearable) diadem of this parure was broken up to create personal bijoux. The bracelets are still intact (and regularly worn). The whereabouts of the collier, more or less mirroring the broken-up diadem is unknown. In his book René Brus only mentions the breaking-up of the diadem, not of the collier.
After decades of no-see suddenly some diamond-and-sapphire lozenges from this long time not seen collier pop up on another necklace, worn as diadem (see picture). That indicates that the original large necklace of the Wedding Gift Parure 1901 is still intact indeed? Also the eh... Mellerio, eh... Masin, eh... Israël Sapphire Parure has long not seen elements, like the very large diamond-and-sapphire bracelets which -I think- have never been worn anymore since the reign of Queen Juliana. So both grand parures are surrounded with quite a few question marks....