Artikelname: 500 Brooches: Inspiring Adornments for the Body
Artikelbeschreibung: Never before has such an extensive and beautiful collection of brooches been assembled, or photographed to such perfection. Marjorie Simon, a distinguished presence in the field, chose the pieces, and every one features the fine craftsmanship of a top jeweler. The breathtaking styles range from traditional to very avant-garde. Detail images and artist's comments accompany many of the photos.

Artikelname: A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewellery: Key Styles and How to Recognize Them
Artikelbeschreibung: This text explores the pleasures and the pitfalls of collecting costume jewellery, covering methods, materials and makers from 18th-century paste to the jewels of 20th-century style-setters Schiaparelli, Tiffany and Chanel. The book contains specially commissioned photographs of necklaces, rings, brooches and bracelets. Arranged chronologically, it reveals how leaders of fashion like Sarah Bernhardt, Josephine Baker and Jackie Onassis have dictated jewellery trends, whilst the influence of exotic countries and past centuries has inspired costume jewellers to make such diverse pieces as Egyptian scarab necklaces and African-style wood masks. Included from recent years are contemporary classics such as John Galliano's bone and skull necklace and Butler & Wilson's paste lizards and snakes. A glossary of terms is provided.

Artikelname: A Collectors Guide to Art Deco
Artikelbeschreibung: You may be looking at a figurine that evokes the giddy twenties, but how do you know if it is really bronze and ivory and not plastic or "ivorine"? How can you tell if the base really belongs to the piece, and if the signature is genuine? The Miller's Art Deco Checklist answers all such questions with its analysis of the major collecting categories in England, the United States and continental Europe, including furniture, glass, ceramics, sculpture, prints and posters, metalwork, silver, jewellery and textiles. Each double-page "spread" shows how to identify and date a piece using the question and answer process unique to the Checklists, and then examines stylistic variations, fakes, contemporary and modern copies and condition, as well as discussing other wares from the same craftsman or factory and, where appropriate, similar items from rival firms. For those with a limited budget, special sections look at the works of lesser-known or anonymous craftsmen which may be equally attractive but are more affordable.

Artikelname: A History of Jewellery, 1100-1870
Artikelbeschreibung: Superb sourcebook of extremely rare ornamentation provides fascinating history of jewelry styles over 700-year period. Detailed narrative enhances 400 photographs and illustrations of striking pieces: gilt bronze clasp (c. 1200); 13th-century reliquary pendant; diamond and topaz necklace (c.1760), much more.

Artikelname: Accessories of Dress: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Artikelbeschreibung: From hats, veils, wigs, and cosmetics to cravats, shawls, shoes, and gloves, this useful reference provides an entertaining account of the forms of personal adornment men and women have used throughout the ages to enhance their wearing apparel. Incorporating drawings of illustrations from rare books and magazines, photographs of original paintings, and observations by commentators on fashions of their times, the engaging commentary displays the humor and personal charm of the many-sided story of accessorized apparel. 644 figures and 59 plates.

Artikelname: Antiques (Millers)
Artikelbeschreibung: Here at last is the first real pocket book of essential facts, style guides and recognition marks for everyone interested or involved in antiques: professional dealers, auctioneers and insurance assessors, experienced amateurs and all those just beginning to discover the fascination of antiques and collectables. Its 192 information-packed pages provide a remarkable and unique portable reference source - ranging from pottery, porcelain, silver and pewter marks, through furniture recognition and dating charts to a checklist of dates and shapes for clocks and drinking glasses and all in an accessible form. This makes it the ideal tool for quick and easy use when buying, selling or simply looking at antiques.Conceived by Judith and Martin Miller as a practical working book in which every word and every illustration contribute something of value to the reader, Miller's Antiques Pocket Fact File condenses facts from a vast number of sources. Each section covers styles, periods and manufacturers, showing how to distinguish between genuine and fake, and provides a wide ranging glossary of terms and materials.

Artikelname: Art Plastic Jewellery
Artikelbeschreibung: Art Plastic jewellery is beautiful, fun and highly collectible. This unique and flamboyant jewellery was made from various types of plastics: Bakelite, Lucite, thermoplastic, celluloid, vinyl and hard plastic and can be difficult to identify and price without the help of this detailed reference Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry. This colourful book gives readers a detailed look at 600 pieces of collectible art plastic jewellery, complete with pricing, descriptions and history behind each piece. Featuring tips on collecting, art plastic jewellery enthusiasts won't find a more comprehensive reference on the market.

Artikelname: Baubles, Buttons and Beads
Artikelbeschreibung: For 500 years, the world's greatest makers of costume jewelry have hidden, anonymous, in the heart of Europe: Gablonz, Bohemia. This groundbreaking, beautiful book exposes the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Almost 400 gorgeous colour photographs illustrate the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making. Bohemian glass dynasties lasted for centuries, until the middle of the 20th century, when the entire community of German-stock craftsmen was expelled from the area in the turbulence of World War II. Though Gablonz will forever feel the loss of these great craftsmen, their artistry has been meticulously researched and documented by Sibylle Jargstorf for this book.

Artikelname: Book of Diamonds
Artikelbeschreibung: Fascinating, profusely illustrated volume covers complete history and lore of diamonds?from early discoveries in India's Golconda mines to the development of major mining companies. Photos of famous diamonds, rings, bracelets, tiaras and other pieces as well as stories of such famous jewels as the Hope, the Orloff, and the Koh-i-Noor. An excellent guide for anyone who owns or plans to buy a diamond.

Artikelname: Cameos: Old and New
Artikelbeschreibung: From ancient times to the present, cameos have captivated artists as a unique medium in which to capture and reflect the history, literature and legends of every age. And today, the allure of the cameo is attracting a new generation of collectors, connoisseurs, artists and appraisers fascinated by their multidimensional beauty. This latest edition of Cameos Old & New provides updated information and many new cameo photographs designed to enable the collector, appraiser, dealer or interested buyer to recognize and evaluate quality and value in cameos, including:
• Key factors affecting the value of a cameo
• A guide to cameos sold at auction, including photographs and prices
• How to buy cameos from the retail jeweler, at auction or through an antiques dealer
• Cameo artists today, and how they are keeping the art of cameo cutting alive

The only book of its kind, Cameos Old & New provides a comprehensive reference for anyone interested in cameos, including information on how to:
• Build and care for a cameo collection
• Develop an eye for quality and an appreciation of cameos as art
• Detect genuine cameos from synthetics and imitations
• "Circa date" cameos to differentiate old cameos from new
• Distinguish ultrasonically-produced cameos from hand-carved pieces
• Avoid the major pitfall—the purchase of mediocre pieces, fakes and forgeries

Artikelname: Compacts and Smoking Accessories
Artikelbeschreibung: Cosmetics and tobacco are two of the 20th century's most fascinating fashion influences, for they inspired new accessories for the well-dressed woman. This book highlights the evolution of popular vanity cases by investigating materials from compact, cigarette case and lighter manufacturers. The book begins with a history of cosmetics, and their impact on society, and goes on to show how compacts evolved to hold cosmetics and who fashioned them. The tobacco-related containers are also traced from their beginnings to the establishment of a new line of accessories for both men and women. Through her newly revised text and hundreds of color photographs and advertising pieces of examples arranged chronologically, the author provides a wealth of information in this growing collector's field.

Artikelname: Costume Jewellery (DK)
Artikelbeschreibung: This work helps you to dress to impress and collect for effect. Indulge your passion for style and sparkle with collectables expert, Judith Miller. Peruse and choose from 400 stunning objects of desire, whether you want elegant haute couture pieces of the 1940s or daring new styles from cutting-edge designers. It includes iconic pieces from Trifari Chanel, Christian Dior, Josef of Hollywood and Miriam Haskell with a star rating system indicating the value of every stunning jewel. The perfect guide if you desire the ultimate accessories.

Artikelname: Costume Jewellery (Millers Collectors Guide)
Artikelbeschreibung: Miller's Costume Jewellery: A Collector's Guide takes a look at the leading styles of costume jewellery of the late 19th and 20th centuries, from the Victorian period through to Art Nouveau, Art Deco and designers such as Trifari, Miriam Heskell and Dior, right up to 1980s Chanel, and even collectables of the future. With the sweeping social changes of the 19th and 20th centuries, the pleasure of wearing jewellery became increasingly available to women of all incomes and classes. Miller's Costume Jewellery: A Collector's Guide provides an essential introduction to this fascinating subject. The items are divided either by period, style or designer, focusing on identifying characteristics and covering a broad range of pieces, with the emphasis on what is most collectable and why. Every item in the guide has a price range and is illustrated in colour, with details of design, materials and condition. Fact Files provide tips for collectors, information on fakes and forgeries and advice on building up and preserving a collection of costume jewellery.

Artikelname: Jewellery by Chanel
Artikelbeschreibung: Chanel was a creature of contrasts: there was the Chanel of the most sumptuous baroque, of gilded wood and brilliant lacquer, of rococo mirrors and dazzling, playful, unrestrained jewelry; and there was the Chanel of the tailored suit and the little black dress, of the severe cut, of the utmost restraint, of classicism a la franfaise.Out of this dialogue between ostentation and austerity, between hyperbole and understatement, between shadow and light, the jewelry that she created throughout her long career, as opportunity and chance encounter prompted, presents one of the least-known aspects of her work: in counterpoint or complement to the 'costume jewelry' that she gave so knowingly to the world, she invented a jewelry that was unparalleled in its insistence on luxury and refinement, unfettered in its themes and its imagination,and which drew inspiration from tradition without ever being the slave of everyday formulas or market values.With the help of illustrations and documents, and based on archival research and interviews with Chanel's colleagues and other witnesses to her life and career, this book is the first to explore a remarkable facet of a fascinating character: her passion for fabulous jewels,for exceptional stones, for improbable marvels which to quote her own words, should be viewed with innocence, with artlessness, just as we enioy the sight of an apple tree in blossom at the side of the road as we speed past in a motor-car.

Artikelname: Military Sweetheart Jewellery Vol 1
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a collectors guide to the wide range of jewellery known as "Military Sweetheart jewellery" mainly popular during the reign of Queen Victoria and the early Edwardian era but also continued in later years.

This volume in the series covers:
Victorian Hollow Silver
Later Hollow Silver
Gilt and Enamel Horseshoes
Tortoiseshell
Translucent Enamel
White-faced Enamel
Cavalry
Rifles and Swords
Mother-of-Pearl and Brass
Pendants, Bars and Lockets
Wings
Naval
Colonial and Allied Forces
Royal Marines
Allied Flags
Battlefields and Towns
Mottoes
Modern

Artikelname: Military Sweetheart Jewellery Vol 3
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a collectors guide to the wide range of jewellery known as "Military Sweetheart jewellery" mainly popular during the reign of Queen Victoria and the early Edwardian era but also continued in later years.

This volume in the series covers:
Blue Enamelled Curved Brass Shields
Tin Button Badges
Royal Scots Greys
Hat Pins
Coin Brooches
Gold Brooches
Gurkhas
Military Buttons
Artists' Rifles
Mizpahs
Bracelets
Black Watch
Royal Army Medical Corps
Perspex
French 75mm Cannon
Gold-Faced Brooches
Royal Corps of Signals
Corps
London Regiment
Makers' Marks

Artikelname: Miller's Art Nouveau and Art Deco Buyer's Guide
Artikelbeschreibung: Over 4000 items illustrated & described - Price Guide in £ (GBP) for every piece.Sections included are - Pottery & Porcelain, Furniture, Lamps, Glass, Bronze & Ivory, Silver & Metalware and Jewellery.Hints & Tips on what to look out for - Directory of Specialists - Glossary of Terms - Key Designers & Manfacturers.

Artikelname: Miller's Costume Jewellery: How to Compare and Value
Artikelbeschreibung: A clear, accessible, easy-to-follow guide to developing an appraiser's eye and a connoisseur's knowledge of costume jewelry. "Miller's Costume Jewelry: How to Compare & Value" is organized chronologically, starting with the Victorian era. It includes the Arts & Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the 1960s Space Age and continues right through to the 1980s. It features all the popular designers such as Eisenberg, Trifari, Boucher, Joseff, Mazer, Haskell, Schiaparelli, Dior, Chanel, Hobe, and Ken Lane. 54 full-colour 2-page spreads show pairs of related objects, which are analyzed, compared, and evaluated, with the object of answering the question of why one item is more valuable than the other. The factors involved may be age, rarity, intricacy of design, maker, marks, provenance etc, and the author hones in on salient value features. Additional text on history, material, and manufacturers is also included. Also covered are topics such as Understanding the Market and Care and Repair.

A large heavy volume and P&P costs quoted reflect this.

Artikelname: Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery
Artikelbeschreibung: Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery explores a wide range of topics which students, dealers, private collectors and historians expect to encounter when embarking on this fascinating and absorbing subject. From cut steel to Cartier, pinchbeck to platinum, the book discusses a myriad of contrasting disciplines as well as offering practical advice upon 'problem areas' such as valuations, fakes, forgeries and repairs.The text is accompanied by several hundred high resolution colour photographs which have been carefully selected to represent most aspects of jewellery collecting, embracing affordable subjects such as paste and tiepins as well as 'high jewellery' including Faberge, fancy diamonds and Lalique.The book is divided into over twenty key subject headings enabling the reader to locate any number of topics with ease, while the development of jewellery design is tracked chronologically from ancient times to the Second World War.

Artikelname: Victorian Commemorative Jubilee Jewellery
Artikelbeschreibung: Pictorial Card Covers 6 x 9 inches tall, 50 Pages, lavishly illustrated with Colour photos and old adverts

An superb book covering all aspects of Commemorative Victorian Jewellery.The book covers both Silver and Golden jubilee issues of Jubilee jewellery from the base metal brooches issued for buying by the less well off, to the Gold Jewellery issued for buying by the more affluent for these very special Victorian occasions. The book is divided into sections covering most types of Jubilee jewellery. Original adverts are also shown again illustrating what is in the text. A ensential guide book for collectors of Victorian Jewellery.

Artikelname: Vintage Jewellery of the 1920-1940's
Artikelbeschreibung: The book features more than 1,000 pieces of jewellery. Filled with 400 colour photographs that bring these glittering baubles to life, the book details white metal and rhinestone jewellery of the 1920s-1940s. Readers will learn the history of rhinestones, the different types of metal and rhinestones used during this era, and the fashion trends that influenced the designs.

A large heavy volume and P&P costs quoted reflect this.