I am currently reading a book of mémoires by Comtesse Jean de Paige, nee Broglie. She died in 1972 and was born in 1888. The Broglie family is a very important french ducal family. Coming back to jewels, she mentions in her book that her parents were invited in 1896 to the wedding of the duke of Orleans, then heir to the lost French crown, and archduchess Marie Dorothee of Austria . It took place in Vienna and was a very grand affair with balls, opera galas, reception at court... Many very important french ducal families, Duc D'Uzes, de la Rochefoucauld... were invited. Pauline de Pange explains that one evening her mother was getting dressed for a big gala. Her coiffeur had come from Paris. And when he saw the diamond tiara he was supposed to fix in her hair, he said : "now princess ( the Broglie are french duke and prince) this is too small. " He then produced a huge tiara made with enormous FAKE emeralds and said : " beeing who you are, a princess and the next duchess of Broglie, no one will ever imagine your tiara is anything but family jewels." I wonder how often that kind of incident occurred. It certainly did with queen Alexandra who sometimes wore fake pearls or princess Axel of Denmark who had a fake diamond tiara...So many times we look at photographs thinking : where does that tiara or necklace come from ?