English artist in jewellery David Watkins' versatility as a jewellery-designer is astonishing: the diverse materials he uses range from paper to acrylic, Neoprene and Colorcore to gold as well as a profusion of plastics. This book features the fascinating work of Watkins.
What should you choose when you are faced with an array of beauty and value ranging from amethyst to zircon while buying gem-set jewellery or loose stones? What is it worth, and how do you even know it is real? This book helps to answer these questions. It features diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and over 100 gems.
An exploration of charm jewellery, revealing how they have been worn, collected, interpreted, cherished, and even worshipped. It includes sentimental stories of charms and jewellery - from travel memories and family histories to commemorating important events, holidays, or occasions.
Baden-Baden 1883. The summer capital of European high society. A place of amusement and intrigue.Take a suspenseful romp through the nineteenth century with all the big names... Empress Josephine, Kaiser Wilhelm, Johannes Brahms, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edward VII, Richard Wagner, Napoleon III, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Prince Otto von Bismarck.
An illustrated collection of patriotic jewelry that explores the history of patriotic jewelry throughout the world. It covers historically important pieces of jewelry from coronation royal jewels and exemplary military service and honorary medals to jewelry used to mark times of peace and prosperity as well as grand celebrations.
Provides practical details on uncommon gems that are being used by designers to create distinctive jewelry. This book not only lists the identification properties of the gems, but also tells you where they are found, how they are used, why they are unique, how they are priced, and how to care for them.
From ancient times to the present, cameos have captivated artists as a unique medium in which to capture and reflect the history, literature and legends of every age. This title provides information and many photos designed to enable various interested parties to recognise and evaluate quality and value in cameos.
Purchasing gems and jewellery can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewellery confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. This book offers the inside knowledge that can help you avoid the pitfalls.
A guide to the complex world of pearls - natural, cultured and imitation. It tells readers what they need to know about pearls to fully understand and appreciate them, and avoid any unexpected - and costly disappointments, now and in future generations.
Presents 5000 years of jewellery from around the world. This book reflects the author's holistic approach to jewellery studies, blending together art, history and craft. It explains how forms developed, how expanding trade introduced increasing varieties of gems and how technological advances influenced design.
Hindi edition of the leading guide to diamonds, providing the reader with an essential knowledge of diamonds and an understanding of the main factors that determine their value and quality. Includes a special chapter on natural colour diamonds and is richly illustrated throughout. Now available in seven languages and all popular electronic formats.
This book introduces the reader to the nature of amber, what it is and where it is found. Unlike many books on amber, it looks also at a number of the myths and legends that have contributed to the folklore of this mysterious jewel, as well as the development of the use of amber and its scientific significance.
Whether buying for personal pleasure or for investment, in today's market of Internet auctions, new diamond cuts, new colours, new treatments and new frauds buyers need a source of guidance. This guide is for various diamond buyers who want to get the most for their money.
A guide to identifying and evaluating alexandrite, andalusite, chrysoberyl, cat's-eye, kyanite, sillimanite, common opal, fire opal, dinosaur gembone, tsavorite, rhodolite, spessartine, demantoid, malaya, grossular, and other garnets. It explores the history, lore, properties, qualities and geographic sources of lesser-known gems.
Explains the basic processes which are used by silversmiths, whether they be individual craftsmen or mass-producers. This book helps in understanding the principles and problems of good design. It provides the principles underlying the use of machines and mass-production. It is of interest to those connected with silver in any way.
This title looks at the collection of rings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The collection spans from Pharaonic Egypt to Victorian Britain, including early signets from the Minoan civilization. The rings evoke the key events in the lives of the original owners with symbols and loving messages.
Gives you the information you need to buy, collect, sell or simply enjoy sapphires, emeralds, rubies and other coloured gemstones. This guide provides the information you need in order to know what to look for, and what to look out for, including: what qualifies as a 'gemstone'; how to evaluate colour, and its impact on price; and, more.
Presents over 100 years of history of jewellery, from Lalique's Art Nouveau enamelling at the turn of the twentieth century to Cartier's gemstones and Christian Dior's mid-century costume pieces to Harry Winston's diamonds. This book showscases some of the most collectible and beautiful bracelets, necklaces, rings and brooches.
A tribute to the life and work of the original Hollywood jeweller - Paul E. Flato. As well as images of the jewellery this book includes photographs from the Flato family archives, important New York and Hollywood clients wearing Flato's jewels and the original drawings of the jewellery from private collectors as well as the Flato family archives.
Third edition of top-selling guide to diamonds, providing the reader with a basic knowledge of diamonds and an understanding of the main factors that determine their value and quality. Includes new section on natural colour diamonds and many new colour and black-and-white illustrations. Also includes useful charts and grading scales.
Covers the gems, synthetics, treatments and instruments. This book indicates how to identify diamonds, coloured gemstones and pearls, as well as separating them from fakes and look-alikes. It explains what instruments are needed and how to use them, where to obtain such instruments and what should be seen for each gemstone.
This title tracks the progress of jewellery designs from early times to the 20th-century, assisting the professional jeweller, the collector and the student in making informed and balanced judgements upon scores of crucial topics - from the settings of old gems to recognising fakes.
How we equip and use our kitchen has changed irrevocably over the centuries and the twentieth century saw far-reaching technological and social changes make their mark. This title looks at the kitchen that centered on the open hearth or range, and surveys the equipment used for storing and preserving, preparing, boiling, roasting and baking food.
Features a fresh redesign of jewellery with more than 1, 000 images. This title offers scholarly information, helpful hints on dozens of jewellery categories, tips on fakes and reproductions, and resources including shows and auctions, that guide the collector on a journey through costume and fine jewellery from the 18th to 21st century.
Some of the oldest civilisations in the world originated along the fertile banks of the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is in the region's jewellery that its many-layered history is perhaps best seen. This book explores the social, economic and religious background of this jewellery.
The end of the First World War left much of Europe faced with an entirely new political and social situation: absolute monarchy was consigned to the dustbin of history and essays in democracy were the order of the day. This book offers a study of jewellery in this short-lived yet far-reaching period.
The Dutch jewellery label "Chi ha paura...?', founded in 1996 by Gijs Bakker, celebrated its twelfth birthday in 2008. This book represents a retrospective of all 74 objects produced: from the first works dating from 1996 through the subsequent themed collections "Sense of Wonder" (2002), What's Luxury (2004) and "Rituals" (2007).
Celebrates the quality and style of the eighteenth century and of the endless ingenuity in design and workmanship that produced such wearable pieces of jewellery. This book includes portraits and character sketches of famous Georgians in their finery, fashion tips, gossip, and some rather outrageous cartoons of the time.
Helps you to select and evaluate diamonds and diamond jewellery. This edition has 140 fresh photographs of ring styles, coloured diamonds and contemporary diamond cuts. It also includes information on palladium, diamond treatments, fancy coloured diamonds, synthetic diamonds, ring mountings, and the GIA and AGS cut grading systems.
This text gathers over 100 of Carl Faberge's most beautiful creations, combining hardstones and other precious materials. The volume presents the history of the renowned jeweller's work using the rich mineral resources of Russia, from celebrated Easter eggs to delicate animal sculptures.
The exquisite and luxurious products of the court goldsmith-jeweller are the subject of this detailed and fully illustrated catalogue. The book provides a comprehensive account of the objets de luxe made during the Renaissance, throughout the eighteenth century and at the Russian court around 1900.
Chinese edition of the top-selling guide to diamonds, providing the reader with a basic knowledge of diamonds and an understanding of the main factors that determine their value and quality. Includes new section on natural colour diamonds and many new colour and black-and-white illustrations. Also includes grading scales.
Features the stories of almost 80 gems including the famous: Koh-i-Noor, which is set in the British Crown Jewels; the infamous: the deep blue Hope Diamond, which is said to bring bad luck to all who handle it; the biggest: The Cullinan; and, the Hollywood romantic: the Taylor-Burton Diamond.
When you are buying a diamond, it has become more important to understand what you are buying. This book offers the information you need to buy diamonds with confidence, including: What is a diamond? The factors affecting quality differences in diamonds; Diamond grading reports and how to interpret them; How to compare prices; and others.
Based on the revised edition of "Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland", this contains all the assay office, Britannia standard, import and date marks plus the 1000 most important makers' marks, together with comments as to rarity, value and speciality of maker.
This work charts the careers of both the humblest and most famous French Jewellers of the 19th century, including Fouquet, Boucheron, Falize, and Lalique. It contains photographs of specific pieces, the jewels being worn, design sketches, and prints from contemporary fashion magazines.
Dazzling, stunning, covetable and often decadent, costume jewellery has brought sparkle and elegance to the world of fashion for centuries. Whether you are just starting out, an established collector, or simply interested in vintage fashion, this title tells you what you need to know.
A silver reference book that gives identification and dating clues for hollowware and flatware. It features silver hallmarks for 24 countries including England, France, Germany, Italy and Russia. It also includes British design registry numbers, US Design and Utility patent numbers and metric conversion tables.