Queries.
1. Is this the Cartier tiara made in 1914 and displayed regularly in Cartier exhibitions? I cannot imagine that 2 such jewels were made.
If it is the same jewel, when was it sold to Cartier (or when did the firm re-acquire it)? I cannot find an auction date.
Hans Nadelhoffer mentions it and has a photo in his book. My copy is a 2007 edition and so it may not be in the original 1984 edition, if the jewel was acquired after the death of Marie Helene de Rothschild in 1996.
The catalgoue from the Canberra Cartier exhibition notes that the jewel is now owned by Cartier.
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