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Austrian Art Nouveau Jewelry A Critical Examination Part I

August 7, 2009 Art Nouveau

We in Austria have greater leanings to France than to America, and precious stones, however great their intrinsic value, are looked upon as of quite secondary value in modern art-work to beauty of line and of colour. French influence on Austrian work cannot fail to be recognised.

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Austrian Art Nouveau Jewelry A Critical Examination Part II

August 7, 2009 Art Nouveau

… there is no doubt that there is far more activity in the production of jewellery for women in Vienna than in almost any other city. The culture of our town is, indeed, essentially feminine. The graceful and witty, yet dreamy and passionate, girls and women of Vienna give to it its distinctive character.

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Nineteenth Century Jewelry Part I

August 4, 2009 Bracelet

Such things certainly form a very large part of the ornaments which appealed to Victorian taste, but also we find other classes of work which, while it never reaches a very high standard, yet has merits of its own.

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Pawnshops and Pawnbrokers and Antique Buying

July 24, 2009 Buying Antiques

People bring in the strangest of things to a pawnshop and, frequently, the operators don’t know the antique value of the piece.

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