Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels Archived Message
Posted by Beth on February 9, 2016, 2:01 am, in reply to "Re: History of the amethysts of the French Crown jewels "
Many, many thanks Arthur. I enjoyed reading the history of the Crown amethysts. Thank you for taking the time to research and then render into English the history of these stones. One thing which I have just realised is that the French Crown (under the various regimes) seems to have had a policy of collecting sets of various gemstones. With other monarchies, I have the feeling that particular gemstones were collected only when a new jewel was made; rather than the monarch or crown selecting gems from an already established collection. (Some exceptions obviously are the Iranian Crown collection and those of some Indian rulers) It would be interesting to hear what others know about this concept. Perhaps Morel has covered this concept?
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