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Posted by Nellie
on June 5, 2012, 9:30 pm, in reply to "Re: QD wish list...Jardine Star Brooch"
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Good points. But do we know what website this actually is?
How authentic?
Maybe this firm made the Jardine brooch?
Lots of unknowns here.
--Previous Message--
: It is my honest opinion that this photograph
: is not of the Jardine Star Brooch, as it is
: not the style of the Royal Collection to
: photograph jewels in this manner. All the
: catalogued entries of jewels that have ever
: been published show their fronts.
:
: Thus I believe that this image is simply
: another star brooch of a similar design;
: after all hundreds were made in this style
: in the 19th century. Furthermore, in this
: photograph of the star brooch, the angles of
: the points appear to be different to the
: Jardine brooch as seen worn by The Queen.
:
: One has to bear in mind that the royal
: family do not want to disclose too much
: information about their private jewel
: collections. The vast majority of
: information included in QD concerns pieces
: that have featured in publications before,
: and Roberts has just built upon the previous
: scholarship with properly references
: sources, clearing up various confusions.
: Although we love the jewels for their
: history, others will view them just as signs
: of wealth, and thus the royals do not wish
: to disclose too much information on their
: private wealth; thus I believe that new
: information, other than the odd snippet from
: the Royal Collection, will not be readily
: forthcoming on the Queen's private jewels.
: There is already mountains of scholarship
: out their on the windsor jewel collection
: compared to other monarchies.
:
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