Paul Kurtz came to

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from

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in 1655. He made silver and gold items for

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and was mentioned in 1659 as "the King's goldsmith".

had large parts of his daughters'

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bought in

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, which, already at that time, was a centre for European fashion. But the jewellery was commissioned to Kurtz. He was, therefore, considered an outstanding jeweller. In 1670–1671 he made his principal piece of work,

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. The closed shape was inspired by the crown of

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of France, but Kurtz replaced the lily-shaped points of the French crown with palmettes and adorned the crown with a row of diamonds intertwined with palmette and acanthus. In that way a "white" play of light was created, which was framed by blue and red in the sapphires and garnets of the crown ring and the orb and cross in the top. After the death of Kurtz his studio was continued by his wife and his son Frederik, who was commissioned as

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goldsmith in 1676.

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