Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels Archived Message
Posted by Lorenzo on February 10, 2016, 12:14 am, in reply to "Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels "
Arthur iSent you a message !!! --Previous Message-- : 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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