Speaking of myself: Apart from the occasional problem of time, work- or family-related, there are two reasons why I don't post much lately:
1) With English not my mother tongue any contribution which is more in-depth than a couple of phrases to express a casual thought is rather time consuming and would often simply exceed the spare time I've at my disposal, so I refrain.
2) I'm not terribly interested in royalty and find many pieces in royal collections rather mediocre from an artistic and aesthetic point of view. I'm interested in their history, I might enjoy trying to identify them in a blurry photo for the purpose of challenging dates or setting records straight, but it's not the type of jewellery per se that makes me want to enter a lengthy discussion.
On the other hand the type of jewellery I'm interested in – roughly studio jewellery from the 1960s onwards with some significant predecessors since 1900 – doesn't seem to be of interest for anyone else here around, although I hasten to add there's neither lack of famous pieces nor important collections in this field.
In retrospective I believe though we covered a broader spectrum when the board started.
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