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Gemstones : identifying and using the world's most fabulous gems

Crowe, Judith2019
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Discover the treatments, imitations, pricing, cuts, sources, and appraisal of gems. Jewellers and designer goldsmiths, lapidaries and gem cutters, stone setters, gemologists, geologists, collectors and people who buy and sell jewellery at antique fairs and on the internet, this text is for anyone who has ever had a gemstone and wanted identification and information. Featuring a mix of gemstones and gem-set jewellery, it puts gems in context and contains historical context for those buying and selling antique and vintage gem-set jewellery, including details of the stones typically found in Georgian, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco settings.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Herbert Press, 2019.
Collation:
192 pages ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9781912217854 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1942609
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