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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Renate Gulbrandsen, post: 4206885, member: 20750&quot;]Hi! I&#039;m so glad to have found a forum for collectors.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;ve come to realise that I have to buy old stuff in order to get the things I like, and while I try to keep my collections from expanding too fast, it can be hard to resist the perfect piece when it comes along. There is something special about owning an item that has survived a century of more, and while I find it sad that most of these items will have lost their history, it still feels sort of magical to hold something that was around when Queen Victoria ascended the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mainly collect antique fine jewellery c 1910, but anything goes as long as it&#039;s somewhere between Georgian and Art Nouveau. I also have a penchant for English pieces, or pieces made elsewhere aimed at the English market. I&#039;m a bit like a magpie, being attracted to anything that sparkles, so I oftentimes have to remind myself that I am in fact not rich, and cannot buy all the pretty things just because they&#039;re shiny.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also occasionally treat myself to a new teacup or two, especially after watching an episode of <i>Keeping up with Appearances</i>. Fortunately, it doesn&#039;t make me want to hoard pearl-white slim-line push-button digital telephones with automatic last-number redial, so I guess that&#039;s a boon? Anywho, antique teacups and demitasses, either from England or France, have a special place in my heart. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that I can be useful in some way - perhaps just by being Norwegian. I can help translate (and maybe even locate) Norwegian sources about vintage enamel pieces or info on silversmiths, for instance. Apart from that, I know my gemstones quite well. It is of course highly plausible that I will be completely useless, but let&#039;s hope not!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I guess I forgot to introduce myself (how rude!). My name is Renate, I&#039;m 32 years old and I live in Oslo, the city from which, according to Knut Hamsun, no man departs without carrying away the traces of his sojourn there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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