Tiffany & Co. Jewelry and Silver

September 11, 2009 Tiffany & Co.

The company that changed the trend and created its own unique and iconic style, which became influential not only in America, but in the entire world, was Tiffany & Co. Founded in New York City in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young, Tiffany and Co. was a stationary and fancy goods emporium and specialized in the sale of fine glass and porcelain decorative objects.

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Ferroniere

September 4, 2009 Ferroniere

A small jewel hanging by a narrow ribbon, so arranged that the ornament comes in the middle of the forehead. So called from the picture in The Louvre

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Platinum

September 2, 2009 Glossary

That platinum does not oxidize is one of the primary reasons that antique platinum rings, brooches and other platinum jewelry is so sought after. That, and its resistance to wear, permit antique platinum jewelry to be brought back to life with a good cleaning and polishing, giving the antique jewelry a brilliant look, likely how it originally looked over 100 years ago.

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Delft Potters and Their Marks 1649 to 1662

September 1, 2009 Delft

Jacob Wemmers Hoppestein (1661) At the sign of The Old Moor’s Head. He seems to have carried out at this factory the excellent work begun by his predecessor Abraham de Kooge, and the produce of this factory had a high reputation. It consisted generally of blue decorative centers representing episodes from Roman history, surrounded by coloured borders.

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Cartier Jewelry and Design

September 1, 2009 Cartier

With Louis Cartier coming in to charge of the workshop, his innovative and masterful jewelry making techniques and designs changed the ideas of decorative arts and fashion forever. He drew his inspiration from the different trends in art and design and his jewelry work reflected adequately the moods of the epoch, but at the same time he successfully utilized the classical designs created by his prominent forefathers.

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Nineteenth Century Jewelry Part II

August 15, 2009 Antique Jewelry

Most of the early Empire jewellery is made on the flat. There is little relief or modelling. It has the appearance of having been cut with scissors out of the sheet and stuck together in the required form. There was a certain carefulness about the execution but no imagination about the designs, for the ornaments of this time usually consist of groups of certain stereotyped details …

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Damascening

August 14, 2009 Glossary

Cellini’s Memoirs shows the use damascening was put to in Renaissance times.

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Delft Potters and Their Marks 1584 to 1648

August 12, 2009 Delft

Various Potters Marks of Dutch Delft potters from 1584 to 1648.

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Old Irish Silver Hall Marks

August 8, 2009 Irish Silver

Irish silver offers some complications in regard to its markings, and it is especially interesting in its character.
Dublin is the centre of the silversmiths’ work in Ireland, and officially the Dublin Goldsmiths’ Company holds the exclusive right of assaying and marking Irish silver ; but, as we shall show, there was excellent silver made [...]

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Gold

August 8, 2009 Glossary

Gold. This beautiful metal always has been the one most used for jewellery, partly because of its rich appearance, partly because it is very easily worked, and also because it does not tarnish.

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