The Napier Co

Author: Melinda L. Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974374062
Category : Costume jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 1011

Book Description
The Napier Jewelry book is a visual encyclopedia of Napier Costume Jewelry. It tells the heretofore untold and phenomenal story of The Napier Co. inception, development, flowering, and ultimate success. It chronicles the history of its management, manufacturing, marketing, and most importantly, the unparalleled beauty of Napier fashion jewelry. With approximately 4000 pictures of Napier jewelry history and over 250,000 words of text and descriptions, you will be taken step-by-step, decade by decade, through the development of the Napier style. As a collector, you will learn to recognize the findings, materials, and designs to appropriately circa-date the Napier jewelry in which you are investing. As a lover of vintage costume jewelry, you will enjoy the drama and excitement of the trials, tribulations, and breakthroughs at each stage of the Napier journey. In the end, you will have a deep and lasting appreciation of the romantic story infused into the metal, gemstones, crystals, cabochons, and elegance of each piece of Napier jewelry that you own or are considering owning

Antique Enameled Jewelry

Author: Dale Reeves Nicholls
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764319914
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Here is the first book to focus exclusively on enameled jewelry, an integral, important, and innovative part of world-wide jewelry design at the turn of the 20th century. Enameling techniques and the symbolism found in Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Arts and Crafts jewelry design during the nineteenth century and later are explained and illustrated. Edwardian and Art Deco styles, as well as important jewelry designers are included. Over 450 color photographs illustrate this important reference for jewelry designers, historians, and collectors.

Antique Jewelry

Author: Rose Leiman Goldemberg
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595088988
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
This down-to-earth information-packed book is the very best kind of collecting companion. Among its practical features are recommendations for choosing, evaluating and caring for a collection, how to negotiate the best possible price, and a glossary bristling with facts and definitions. Rose Leiman Goldemberg learned, bought and wrote this book through her own practical and passionate love of antique jewelry.

The Official Identification and Price Guide to Antique Jewelry

Author: Arthur Guy Kaplan
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 060980913X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 455

Book Description
Featuring more that 2,500 photographs and current values, an up-to-date, comprehensive guide encompasses more than two hundred years of jewelry, dating from 1750 to 1960, along with information on current values for collectors. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Creating Your Own Antique Jewelry

Author: Cris Dupouy
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810990517
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This fun book presents 35 works of art from international museums--paintings and relies from the 7th century B.C. to the 20th century--and shows how to make your own version of these jewelry pieces seen in various artworks.

Antique Jewelry

Author: Doris Jean Snell
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Company
ISBN: 9780870697562
Category : Jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The second edition of this text contains updated prices, information and additional illustrations for hundreds of bracelets, brooches, chains, earrings, lockets, rings, watches and more. Coverage includesstyles from the Victorian Baroque of the 1850s to the Art Moderne of the 1940s.

Antique Sweetheart Jewelry

Author: Nicholas D. Snider
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
This second book by Nick Snider presents the popular collectible military sweetheart jewelry and collectibles that were so important to the home front during World War I and II. Over 200 color photographs, most of full-page size, display thousands of items of jewelry, banners, pillow covers, paper items and compacts, as well as special sections on the Seabee(Construction Batallion) and WASP(Women's Airforce Service Pilot) items. Experience the human side of warfare through appreciation of the patriotic items displayed herein.

Answers to Questions about Old Jewelry, 1840-1950

Author: Jeanenne Bell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873417310
Category : Jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Jewellery styles were influenced by wars, the economy, events like the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and the growth of industrialisation. Sentiment was reflected in hair jewellery made from a loved one's hair, lockets containing family pictures, and pins bearing names and catch-phrases of importance to their period. This book gives you the historical background, the periods' fashion trends, and detailed descriptions of popular jewels, so you can have an even greater appreciation for the pieces in your collection. The book also includes information about: How jewellery is manufactured; How to determine what kind of metal an item is made from; Determining whether a stone is synthetic; A listing of maker's marks to help you identify and date pieces.

Estate Jewelry

Author: Diana Sanders Cinamon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764346491
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A thorough reference to antique and period jewelry created over a 200-year period in Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. From the Georgian to Modern periods, the fascinating story of jewelry evolving with women's fashions is told. Great designers' findings, fittings, and maker's marks are fully explained.

Collecting Victorian Jewelry

Author: Jeanenne Bell
Publisher: Krause Publications
ISBN: 9780873496735
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Queen Victoria of Great Britain made a tremendous impact on the world, so much so that the era of her reign was given her name. Items from the Victorian period have a reputation for beauty and elegance, which is why they are such popular collectibles. This one-of-a-kind reference covers the beautiful jewelry of the Victorian Age, from 1837 to 1901. Gemologist C. Jeanenne Bell offers collectors this fascinating all-color exploration of the illustrious age and the elegant jewelry that is produced. &break;&break;Decade by decade, Bell reveals how the fashion of the time influenced the style of jewelry, and how innovations in manufacturing affected jewelry production. Jewelry listings provide current marketplace values, and also cover American and French jewelry styles from the time. Over 1,000 color pictures and illustrations convey the true beauty of Victorian era jewelry it produced.