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The Venetian actually didn't love diamonds, especially.

They much more prefer color stones.

And in color stones, they much more prefer the red stones.

The red stones for the Venetian, probably for the link with the Roman Empire, you know, red is the colour of this city in a certain way where the very favourite stones for the Venetians.

I'm Carol Houlton, the voice of jewellery. Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm an author and broadcaster and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor at magazines like Tatler and Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone, for people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So join me as I tell sparkly tales and meet all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewelry culture,

and investigate what's happening now.

Music and investigate what's happening now. I am delighted to be in Venice today,

and I have two guests.

My first guest is Stephen Moore.

He's an antiquary, TV presenter and recontor. His half a million followers

tune in on Instagram to see his reports, interesting gossip and knowledge, which is filmed

around his home on the Grand Canal, and he's a writer and author. Stephen, thank you for joining us

this morning. Pleasure. Very nice fias. And we are at Nardi.

And I'm with Alberto Nardi, the third generation jeweler, whose store has resided on the corner of St. Mark's Square since the 1920s.

If you hear a little music in the background, it's because we're a stone's throw from Florian, the famous cafe where they play music all day.

And this is where the jet set have met for generations. Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly,

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