Antique Jewelry and Application of Gemstones
Jewelry has to be seen....
They are big images... but worth to be seen. Jossic's 1050 Jewelry designs is simply amazing. (This links to first photo page) Page 1 shows the designers names and descriptions).
As examples: 15-16th century German Jewelry; French Jewelry Designs 1920's - 1930's
Cutting and Mounting of Gems
Cutting and Mounting of Gems in the 19th century. See here for a great illustration (Agate cutting in Idar Oberstein)
Story of the Ruby Spoon and the Tara Brooch
A big spoon of precious stone designed with comets.... The Caliph never having seen such an object, asked where it came from.... My father suggested blood letting. Read the full story (and more) by 10th century Al-Biruni.
Tara Brooch: Read Orpen's 26 page long story on the Tara Brooch: one of the most important artifacts of Christian Irish Art, at present in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
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Essays on Antique JewelryJewellry AnnouncementWE ARE WORKING ON A REDESIGN OF OUR SITE. LATER THIS SPRING WE WILL UPLOAD A FEW DOZEN JEWELLRY BOOKS AND CATALOGUES DEALING WITH ANTIQUE JEWELLRY
Greek, Roman, Egypt Jewelry etcGemstone Imitations
Extensive overview of glass imitations (and other so called "pastes") of gemstones, intaglio's and camei. Many such pastes were particularly hard, and after polishing easy to mistake for the real stone. Overview covers antiquity to 19th century.
Read the the specific "recipes" for (Strass) imitation of Amethyst, Topaz, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald etc.
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