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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