Re: Mellerio, Masin and others Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on October 20, 2013, 11:39 pm, in reply to "Mellerio, Masin and others"
Thank you John about the original drawing. Concerning court jewellers, I was wishing to clarify which event Erik meant when he included the court jeweller remark. Like many other posters here I do enjoy these mysteries and puzzles. Quite likely more information will come to light just through the number of us who are now on the case !! --Previous Message-- : Not sure where the original drawing is but the : copy of Oscar Masin's design from 1867 which : is shown here comes from a book called La : bijouterie francaise au XIXe siecle by Henri : Vever. : : Vita Israel (Amsterdam) supplied some more : jewels for the Dutch Court, more : specifically a set of very expensive diamond : jewels for wee Princess Wilhelmina in 1889. : : There was not one Court Jeweller in the : Netherlands in the 19th century or even : after I think. There were several suppliers : during that period, both in the Netherlands : and abroad. That makes it a bit confusing : and difficult. Some jewellers received large : and repeated commissons like Mellerio, Van : Kempen Begeer & Vos and the lesser known : Schuermann from Frankfurt, others received : 'smaller' orders. : : It is still unknown which jeweller : made/designed the other pieces that we now : consider part of the Sapphire Parure: : necklace (which is now mounted on a tiara : frame) and stomacher / bow brooch.
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- Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - ErikS October 20, 2013, 9:08 am
- Re: Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - Jos October 20, 2013, 11:59 am
- Re: Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - Tamara October 20, 2013, 5:05 pm
- Re: Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - Nellie October 20, 2013, 6:56 pm
- Mellerio, Masin and others - John R October 20, 2013, 9:17 pm
- Re: Mellerio, Masin and others - Nellie October 20, 2013, 11:39 pm
- Right - ErikS October 21, 2013, 4:06 am
- Re: Right - John R October 21, 2013, 10:07 pm
- 'The company' - ErikS October 21, 2013, 4:04 am
- Re: Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - John R October 20, 2013, 10:43 pm
- Reply/Vever - ErikS October 21, 2013, 3:48 am
- Re: Massin - Nellie October 21, 2013, 6:39 pm
- Re: Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin - Sal October 22, 2013, 6:39 am
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