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Beschreibung

A concise introduction to the history of sentimental jewellery.

The author describes the origins of mourning and other sentimental jewellery and helps the reader to identify these appealing jewels, which can tell us much about the way in which our ancestors lived, loved and died.

By no means all of it is linked to death. Many attractive pieces were given as tokens of affection, sometimes inscribed with personalised messages and often very elaborately designed. The use of certain symbols, stones and motifs offers a coded glimpse into the meaning of each individual jewel, and makes them particularly intriguing to modern collectors.

A concise introduction to the history of sentimental jewellery.

The author describes the origins of mourning and other sentimental jewellery and helps the reader to identify these appealing jewels, which can tell us much about the way in which our ancestors lived, loved and died.

By no means all of it is linked to death. Many attractive pieces were given as tokens of affection, sometimes inscribed with personalised messages and often very elaborately designed. The use of certain symbols, stones and motifs offers a coded glimpse into the meaning of each individual jewel, and makes them particularly intriguing to modern collectors.

Über den Autor
Ann Louise Luthi is a member of the Society of Jewellery Historians and a Senior Member of St Anne's College, Oxford. As well as writing and lecturing widely on the subject, she has also done extensive work with the jewellery collections held at the British Museum.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Shire Library
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780747803638
ISBN-10: 0747803633
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Luthi, Ann Louise
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shire Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 149 x 3 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Louise Luthi
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2007
Gewicht: 0,104 kg
Artikel-ID: 121921156