Reply/Vever Archived Message
Posted by ErikS on October 21, 2013, 3:48 am, in reply to "Why the Dutch sapphire tiara is not Mellerio, nor Massin"
Thank you for all your remarks; I'll go through them and see where the text needs alteration. For example, this is the first time I read that the image from the 1867 design is from Vever's Bijouterie Francaise (must have but so bloody expensive book!) This was published in 1908. So the public availability of the design should be altered in the text. I can easily reply the 'why do you insist on it not being Massin' with 'why do you insist it is Massin?' I instist on it not being Massin for methodological reasons: we have an original drawing of the 1881 design, and that drawing has a clear name on it. And that name is not Massin. And although the 1881 design contains certain elements of the 1867 design, these are still 2 different designs. The only design element that is exactly the same are the elongated spikey fleur de lys elements. I just received a reply on my email to the ABN Amro collection (which has the design drawing); the material they have are from Jacques Vos, who in 1919 merged with Van Kempen en Begeer. I'll need to plan a visit to the ABN Amro collection in Almere soon to have a look at them. Also, I know someone else found a name of a Dutch jeweller in relation to this tiara, but it's not my place to disclose it. By the end of November we will know more about it. To be continued
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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
- 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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