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The most famous story about birds during the war in France, and many people know it, that when, you know, Jean-Tusan put this very small little bird in a cage in the window of Cartier on the

Rue de la Paix that the Gestapo went in and questioned her.

You know, some people believe that she was put in jail and then busted out by Coco

Chanel.

But Cartier tells me no, that's not the case. Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelry, an author, broadcaster, and the woman who initiated

the role of Jewelry editor at magazines like Taffler and British Vogue. This is a podcast for

everyone. For people who do like jewellery,

for people who don't realise they like jewellery,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts,

new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales,

meeting all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewell jewelry culture and investigate what's happening now.

Happy New Year and welcome to new sparkling episodes of If Jewels could talk.

Jewelry designers are passionate lovers of Mother Nature's designs,

and animals have been a major design source, either resurrected from the past or as original

creatures.

And I think it's interesting how different animals have been in vogue over the last 150 years,

representing certain eras.

So in a way, animal jewelry imagery is a commentary

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