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1725

• Jean Melchior Bapst is a Paris Goldsmith

1752

• Georges-Michel Bapst (1718-1770) Succeeded his Father-in-Law, Georges-Frédéric Stras, as Orfevre-joaillier du Roi.

1761-1770

• Georges-Frédéric Bapst (son of Georges-Michel) apprenticed to Pierre-André Jacquemin, a royal jeweler.

1771

• Georges-Frédéric Bapst, succeeded Georges-Michael.

1797

• Jacques Bapst married into the Menière family (owners of Boehmer and Bassange, former jewelers to Marie Antoinette.)
• Eventually, Constant and Charles-Frédéric (Jacques’s sons) joined the company Remodelling the Napoleonic regalia for Louis XVIII.
• Made coronation regalia for Charles X.

1805

• Charles-Frédéric’s nephew, Friedrich (1789-1870),  comes to Paris and runs the workshop of Maison Bapst for 50 years.
• Evérard Bapst is succeded by Constant (1797-1853) and Charles-Frédéric (1799-1872) Bapst Frères

1853

• Charles and Alfred run the firm as Bapst et neveu

1864

• Alfred revises the Crown Jewels at the Emperor’s request.

1867

• Exhibited redesigned crown jewels created for Empress Eugéne at the 1867 Exposition.

1872

• Jules and Paul (Charles-Frédéric’s sons) and Alfred take over the business.

1878

• Alfred’s designs are prominent at the World Exhibition, Paris.

1880

• Alfred dies and the firm becomes Jules et Paul Bapst et fils.
• Alfred’s son Germain joins Lucien Falize to form Bapst et Falize.

1930

• Closes