Posted by John R on October 18, 2013, 12:23 am, in reply to "Why the surprise?"
Archives are not always 100% accurate accounts of the past. But rather a collection of what was kept. Sometimes things are missing for a number of reasons. There are many artifacts without any records found in archives. Doesn't mean they were not made. The paper trail just isn't there anymore.
Just like archives sometimes contain items that were not intended there but ended up there by accident and then conclusions are made based on the single fact that the evidence is found in that archive.....
Anyway I am eager to learn who in fact then made all these individual pieces.
--Previous Message-- : Could someone explain why this is such a : surprise? Already 17 years (!) ago Rene Brus : very convincingly documented that this tiara : is not Mellerio, including the information : that Mellerio doesnt have any record of it : in their archives. : : :