Peter Carl Faberge – Henry Charles Bainbridge
THE ART AND CRAFT OF FABERGE IN the execution of his work, Faberge invoked the aid of many styles, and absorbed them all: the French of Louis XIV, Louis XV,
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Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations, – A.H. Church
TOURMALINE. The tourmaline is marked out from all other precious stones by a very complex chemical constitution, and by a very interesting optical structure. Its hardness, 7.3 to 7.5, suffices
Continue reading »Fire in the Earth: The Story of the Diamond – James Remington McCarthy
CHAPTER X DIAMONDS IN FASHION: I THE AFFAIR OF THE QUEEN’S NECKLACE For they marvel that any men be so foolish as to have delight and pleasure in the glistering
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PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE DIAMOND I see how thine eye would emulate the diamond. Merry Wives of Windsor, Act iii, sc. 3, l. 59. “Comedies,” p.
Continue reading »Schmucksteine – Alfred Eppler
Fälschungen und Nachahmungen Es gibt kaum ein Gebiet, das zu Fälschungen so verlockt, wie das der Schmuck- und Edelsteine. Bei dem hohen Wert mancher Steine ist das sehr gewinnbringend. Plinius,
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