Quiz time...whats wrong with this statement.

[oldmancoyote]

That was easy... it was on the New York Times (most of it anyway - Nov. 10, 190.

On the fidelity stone question, I am stumped. Off to search we go.

Poor ladies - talk about holding toxic assets...

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/24/2008 4:45:10 PM
Author: oldmancoyote
That was easy... it was on the New York Times (most of it anyway - Nov. 10, 190.

On the fidelity stone question, I am stumped. Off to search we go.

Poor ladies - talk about holding toxic assets...

okay I will talk...its blue sapphire!A stone associated with spiritual purity in earlier days.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Date: 10/26/2008 2:16:19 AM
Author: jewelerman
okay I will talk...its blue sapphire!A stone associated with spiritual purity in earlier days.

Just as well you did. I was coming up with opal...

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/26/2008 9:37:59 AM
Author: oldmancoyote

Date: 10/26/2008 2:16:19 AM
Author: jewelerman
okay I will talk...its blue sapphire!A stone associated with spiritual purity in earlier days.

Just as well you did. I was coming up with opal...

WHO HAS THE NEXT QUESTION!Maybe this one will do for now...The Smothsonian displays a Tiara that once belonged to Nepolian''s wife Euginie...The tiara currently holds beautiful turquiose...what gems did it originally hold?...and for what occasion was the suit of jewelry made?

 

[Harriet]

Emeralds.

 

[Harriet]

Jewelerman,
Are you sure you''re not referring to Marie-Louise instead?

 

[oldmancoyote]

Marie-Louise, second wife of Napoleon I was the person for whom the jewels were originally made. Eugenie - wife of Napoleon III - was the last royal/imperial owner, before the jewels were auctioned in 1887.

"After Napoleon married his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise, two new matching sets of jewelry (called ‘parures’) entered the Imperial collection. On 16 January 1811, jeweller Francois-Regnault Nitot delivered to the Emperor a diamond-ruby parure (coronet, tiara, necklace, comb, earrings, belt and a pair of bracelets) and a similar emerald-diamond parure.

[...]

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History [now] has [...] the tiara of Marie-Louise’s emerald parure (the original 79 emeralds were replaced by turquoise after the 1887 auction)" (from an essay on the French Crown Jewels, published on http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/miscellaneous/c_crownjewels.html)

An easy question now: Which famous jeweller never signed pieces, saying "my signature is my style"? (googling the quote is NOT valid!)

 

[Harriet]

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/29/2008 5:37:43 AM
Author: oldmancoyote

Marie-Louise, second wife of Napoleon I was the person for whom the jewels were originally made. Eugenie - wife of Napoleon III - was the last royal/imperial owner, before the jewels were auctioned in 1887.

''After Napoleon married his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise, two new matching sets of jewelry (called ‘parures’) entered the Imperial collection. On 16 January 1811, jeweller Francois-Regnault Nitot delivered to the Emperor a diamond-ruby parure (coronet, tiara, necklace, comb, earrings, belt and a pair of bracelets) and a similar emerald-diamond parure.

[...]

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History [now] has [...] the tiara of Marie-Louise’s emerald parure (the original 79 emeralds were replaced by turquoise after the 1887 auction)'' (from an essay on the French Crown Jewels, published on http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/miscellaneous/c_crownjewels.html)

An easy question now: Which famous jeweller never signed pieces, saying ''my signature is my style''? (googling the quote is NOT valid!)

Thanks for posting the additional info for Harriet..Ive heard the saying on the new question...I want to say L.C.Tiffany but my instint says it may have been Verdura...

 

[Harriet]

I have the answer, but I cheated. Oops.

 

[oldmancoyote]

It was not good ol'' Louis Comfort, nor Duke Fulco...

One more (big) clue: one of the favourite materials was blue/grey chalcedony.

 

[Harriet]

[I''m keeping my mouth shut.] Does anyone else love chalcedony?

 

[oldmancoyote]

I certainly do (and so does my wife). We found this - by Andre' Vassort, then imported into the UK by Aspreys - which is an interesting ring... not in the same category as you-know-who, but a nice piece.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Side view (this board is a pain, with only one attachment per post)

 

[jewelerman]

was one oest customers the duke of Winsor...

 

[oldmancoyote]

Indeed he was!

 

[Harriet]

Is that ring yours? How unique!

 

[oldmancoyote]

Yes - or rather it''s my DW''s... (we are a good team: joint selection, I pay, she wears, both enjoy the collection)

 

[Harriet]

Good arrangement. Will you speak to my hubby?

 

[oldmancoyote]

Perhaps I should set up a little training academy in jewellery appreciation...

Back to the thread - the mysterious jeweller is Suzanne Belperron. Next question - Harriet, it is your turn!

 

[Harriet]

Here goes:
Which house designed the honeycomb-bracelet? What was the design named?

 

[oldmancoyote]

Van Cleef and Arpels - Ludo Hexagone.

 

[Harriet]

Your turn!

 

[oldmancoyote]

Okay - time for a little creativity on the "jewellery" theme:

Who was the noblewoman that, when asked by her friends why she was always dressing modestly and not wearing any jewels, embraced her sons saying "These are my jewels!" (again, googling the quote is cheating!)

For extra points: where in the US is the same theme picked up in a public sculpture?

For extra fun: where is everyone? Come on gals & guys, we need you with questions and answers!

 

[Harriet]

Date: 11/1/2008 3:32:50 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
Perhaps I should set up a little training academy in jewellery appreciation...

Please do. I''ll be your first pupil.

 

[oldmancoyote]

I think you should be the head teacher, actually... but for recalcitrant husbands, a bit of male bonding may help, so I''ll take their class.

 

[Harriet]

I can''t even answer your latest question!

 

[Harriet]

P.S. Do you like Faberge? I''m currently in love with a bowenite bear at Wartski''s.

 

[oldmancoyote]

The craftmanship is always superb. Design-wise, I like the "simple" engine-turned and enamelled work with few stones more than the sumptuous pieces (maybe it''s because I don''t stand a chance of ever owning one?). Is the bear on a brooch or is it a stand-alone sculpture?

 

[Harriet]

It''s scupted from bowenite and has the cutest widdle tail.