History of Famous Jewels and Collections: Re: How Chaumet's archivists track down long-lost jewels

What they shall say? The nasty Cartier guys had stolen our tiara, perhaps in an offical announcement? I guess to throw with mud is not the usual way of Chaumet to communicate. Nor of Cartier, to tell the world 'Oh, since a hundred years a tiara worn by her and her is not made by us but by Chaumet!' Perhaps one day Monsieur X of Chaumet and Monsieur Y of Cartier will meet, accidential, at a reception or an opening. And after the little small talk Monsieur X will tell to Monsieur Y 'What do you think about ...' . 'Oh, indeed. We are so sorry. When a rumour like this is in the world...you know?!' 'Oh, that is true!' And that's it.
None of them would have an advantage by creating such kind od publicity.

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So the questions begs, why does Chaumet not say something then to disprove what has been put into public knowledge, and why does Cartier also not say something to not have benefit of work wh.ich is not theirs. Why is it falling to jewel enthusiast who may have no credibility in the eyes of the public to come out with these things. Could it be that the same craftsmen who worked at Cartier also worked at Chaumet?

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Dave.

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The Daily Telegraph has removed its paywall this weekend to protest against attempts to stymie the free press by left wing climate protesters preventing newspapers being able to leave printing factories.

There was an article about Chaumet published a few months ago which I read in print but can now share.

The most fascinating things about it:

i) Chaumet's archive has 350,000 photos of finished jewels!!!!! They are in the "process of digitising every document, a task that's expected to go on for a decade." Let us all pray these are released!!!!!;

ii) As evidence of what Chaumet's archivists do, the staggeringly beautiful (in my view at least) tiara of Countess Mountbatten worn at two Coronations was for decades thought to be by Cartier but Chaumet were able to cross reference their archive and identify that it actually was one of theirs! For reasons unknown the owner prior to Lady Mountbatten took it to Cartier who sold it to Lady Mountbatten with a Cartier box...resulting in the assumption it was a Cartier creation!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/jewellery/treasure-hunters-chaumets-archivists-track-long-lost-jewels/