Posted by Jos on October 21, 2013, 2:59 pm, in reply to "The Vever sketch"
Thank you Lorenzo! So it was not just a design; it was really executed for the famous 1867 exhibition at which Mellerio had such a success (several important pieces being sold)! So where did the tiara go and does it still exist? Or am I reading the text incorrectly?
--Previous Message-- : it is from Vever !! : : : : : --Previous Message-- : 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 : : : :