Heart's Desire: The Darnley Jewel and the Human Body (The Watson Gordon Lecture)
by Cynthia Hahn
The Darnley jewel, a masterpiece of the goldsmith's art on display at Edinburgh's Holyrood Palace, has been deemed a love token, but has also been labelled an emblem of political ambition. Taking the shape of a heart, the jewel was produced at a moment (1565-75) when such objects worn by courtiers were a primary means of asserting status and proclaiming allegiances. With a deep medieval history - originally the fleshly power centre of the human body, the seat of the soul, and place of memory and...
The Big Book Of Wire Wrapping Accessories- Simple Techniques, Stunning Designs
by Troy Strop
All I Care about Is Jewelry Making and Like Maybe Three People
by Real Joy Publications
During the nineteenth century in Rome, three generations of the Castellani family created what they called "Italian archaeological jewelry", which was inspired by the precious Etruscan, Roman, Greek, and Byzantine antiquities being excavated at the time. The Castellani jewelry consisted of finely wrought gold that was often combined with delicate and colourful mosaics, carved gemstones, or enamel. This magnificent book displays and discusses the jewelry and the family behind it. International sc...
Ultraviolet Lamps Made Easy (The "RIGHT-WAY" Series to Using Gem Identification Tools)
by Antoinette Matlins
Gem Identification Made Easy
by Antoinette Leonard Matlins and A.C. Bonanno
Examples of distinctive jewellery design as superlative works of art range from the mid-19th century, when the ideas of the romantic movement informed jewellery design, over Historicism in the latter half of the century and the extravagant jewels created by Art Nouveau and Jugenstil artists to the astringent forms of Art Deco and New Objectivity. These one-of-a-kind works of art are accompanied by typical contemporaneous examples of industrially produced jewellery. The superb creations of Jules...
If I Could Talk, I Would Say The Adventures of Miss Pink
by Dinah Burford
Chelsea and Synthetic Emerald Testers Made Easy (The "RIGHT-WAY" Series to Using Gem Identification Tools)
by Antoinette Matlins
Here is a beautiful publication of factual information and 1043 color illustrated examples of highly popular styles. Important and prolific designers of costume jewelry, including Chanel, Schiaparelli, Boucher, Miriam Haskell, Monet, Sarah Coventry, and many more are well represented. Current prices are included to aid the collector. This will be a most useful reference for collector and dealers, and the current value ranges will aid and inform all.
Peter Carl Faberge, born in St Petersburg in 1846, has been called the greatest craftsman in the age of craftsman and is unanimously regarded as the owner of the largest jewelry ever to have operated anywhere on earth! This book is an extraordinary collection of work."
Dali (Maitres d'hier et d'aujourd'hui) (One Hundred Paintings)
by Federico Zeri and Salvador Dali