Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on October 31, 2013, 2:02 am, in reply to "Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan"
John - you have spelled out what I was only discreetly hinting at. Of course, any archive can place any volumes off limits to preserve certain privacies. That could make some tracking more difficult of course but would have to be tolerated by the researcher. --Previous Message-- : Yes of course they can do research into : certain aspects of the firm without dealing : with privacy sensitive information. I fully : agree but the fear was and is that the : archives also reveal that Count this and : King that and Sultan so and so bought for : millions of stunning pieces but they were : not delivered to their wives and/or : daughters.... or that family pieces were : sold to the jeweller, that kind of : information might cause some embarrassment : here and there. Some families might not even : be aware of that. And as a historian doing : research into the jewellery firm Mellerio : you do want to know whom the Jewels were : made for, who placed the orders, who bought : and sold them etc. and that inevitably : reveals certain information, which I might : add, can prove to be of historical : importance. For instance orders can prove : that an individual was already or still : having a certain relationship at a time or : correspondence can prove that someone could : not pay his bills or that someone else paid : his bills, that someone brought a case full : of diamonds etc etc. Interesting stuff.
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Message Thread:
- Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Al October 28, 2013, 1:25 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - John in Assen October 28, 2013, 1:46 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Lennick October 28, 2013, 2:33 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Nellie October 28, 2013, 6:11 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - GIL10 October 29, 2013, 1:09 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Clementine October 29, 2013, 5:08 pm
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