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Antique jewellery / John Benjamin.
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739.27075 BEN
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Cover title: Starting to collect antique jewellery.
Includes index.
Includes biographies and compendium.
Contents: 1. Gemmology and gems in antique jewellery -- 2. The evolution of jewellery from early times to the 18th century -- 3. A nineteenth century jewellery panorama -- 4. Enamels -- 5. 'False diamonds' - paste jewellery from the 1750s to the 1930s -- 6. The industry of death - memento mori and mourning jewellery -- Cameos and intaglios -- 8. Mosaics -- 9. Jewellery in Scotland -- 10. Jewelled flora and fauna --11. Jewels of sentiment and love -- 12. Reviving history in the 19th century -- 13. Base metal jewellery and materials -- 14. Accessories and functional jewellery -- 15. Silver jewellery -- 16. Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau -- 17. Belle epoque, platinum and 'garland' jewellery -- 18. Faberge, Tiffany and Cartier -- 19. Art Deco.
Year:
c2003.
Publication details:
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club
Description:
191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN/ISSN:
1851494073;
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monograph
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