Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels Archived Message
Posted by Arthur on February 9, 2016, 4:34 pm, in reply to "Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels "
You're welcome, Beth! It is always my pleasure to share knowledge about the wonderful collection of the French Crown jewels! I realize that, should monarchy be restored in France tomorrow, the Queen of France would have a very nice jewel collection at her disposal, between the jewels in the Louvre, and the unmounted stones in the "Muséum national d'histoire naturelle" and the "Mines Paris Tech" School... I don't think there was a definite policy in collecting the gemstones of the Crown's collection. Some stones were acquired on their own, mainly stones remarkable by their size or shape. Other stones were provided by the Crown jewellers when they created new parures. Of course, the Crown jewellers could also pick up gemstones in the Crown's treasury, unmounted from older out-of-fashion parures. Bernard Morel does not mention if the amethysts used in the parure created for Empress Marie-Louise in 1812 were provided by Crown jeweller Nitot, or were already in the Crown's treasury.
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