Ancient And Modern Gems And Jewels

Author : Cristina Piacenti Aschengreen
Publisher : Royal Collection Trust
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels written by Cristina Piacenti Aschengreen and published by Royal Collection Trust. This book was released on 2008 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This catalogue is the first comprehensive study of the 328 objects that make up this little-known area of the Royal Collection. The ancient gems and intaglios have been catalogued by John Boardman, and although they are few in number, they include the magnificent Claudius cameo that was once in the collection of Charles I. The later, post-Renaissance pieces have been studied by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, and these include the great Tudor portrait cameos, a superb series of Italian sixteenth-century portrait cameos of North Italian 'Beauties', the group of exquisite eighteenth-century Italian carnelians bought by George III from Consul Smith in 1762 and a fine selection of Garter badges, several bearing the signature of the gem-engravers Marchant and Burch." "Close examination by gemmologists has produced an accurate technical analysis of all the stones and settings, and newly commissioned photographs bring out the distinctive features of each piece. Casts are illustrated wherever possible, and close-tip images of signatures, inscriptions and hallmarks support the detailed descriptions in the text. Research into the collection has resulted in new information concerning the mounts of many of the gems, and this is summarised in an illustrated appendix. Also published in full, and for the first time, is the collection of intaglios once owned by Henry, Prince of Wales, which was recorded in a series of wax impressions made by Elias Ashmole at the request of Charles II in June 1660."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Archibald Billing
Publisher : London : Bell & Daldy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals, Ancient and Modern written by Archibald Billing and published by London : Bell & Daldy. This book was released on 1875 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to his medical practice, lecturing and teaching at the London Hospital, and his publishing of several medical works, the Irish physician Archibald Billing (1791-1881) was also an amateur artist and antiquarian. Beginning with the works of ancient Greece, for him the highest pinnacle of civilization, Billing discusses the use of engraved gems, putting cameos and intaglios in the context of contemporary monumental sculpture, and tracing the history of carving in miniature back to the seal-stones of the Egyptians and Assyrians. He also considers the types and qualities of mineral used in making jewellery, from semi-precious pebbles through to diamonds, and he describes the techniques of cutting precious stones. The work concludes with a translation of the autobiography of the Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (1784-1855), who became chief medallist at the Royal Mint.

Author : Christie, Manson & Woods
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient & Modern Gems ... written by Christie, Manson & Woods and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Archibald Billing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364689448
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals written by Archibald Billing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals: Ancient and Modern Another form of seal is the very primitive one of a flattish round chalcedony pebble, with sufficient ground off one edge to afford space for engraving a subject, and a hole being made through the middle to receive a string; as a chalcedony, brought from Nineveh, having a very rough attempt in intaglio of a winged horse, the Phoenician symbol Sometimes the hole was enlarged enough to admit a finger. This shape was sometimes modified by being made of an oblong instead of a circular pebble, and the hole made near the end opposite to the intaglio, - these being evidently formed from chalcedony pebbles of an oblong shape. Some were made approaching a pyramidal shape, but these are of a later date, and present more elaborate lapidary work and we have had modern seals made of much the same form, of amethyst, crystal, and other stones, either bored near the top, to receive a ring, or suspended by a golden or other metallic loop - and these are sufficiently orna mental. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Charles W. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones and Gems, and of the Precious Metals written by Charles W. King and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Ancient & Modern Gems ... written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Archibald Billing
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385210372
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals written by Archibald Billing and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
Publisher : Penguin Putnam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book Jewelry, Ancient to Modern written by Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.) and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1980 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by a team of the Gallery's own curators and visiting experts, Jewelry -- Ancient to Modern describes more than 700 pieces in special sections devoted to the Ancient near East, Egypt, Etruria, Greece, South Russia (Olbia), the Roman Empire, the nomadic tribes of the Migration Period, the Byzantine Empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries."--Page 2 of cover.

Author : Archibald Billing
Publisher : London : Bell & Daldy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals, Ancient and Modern written by Archibald Billing and published by London : Bell & Daldy. This book was released on 1867 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to his medical practice, lecturing and teaching at the London Hospital, and his publishing of several medical works, the Irish physician Archibald Billing (1791-1881) was also an amateur artist and antiquarian. Beginning with the works of ancient Greece, for him the highest pinnacle of civilization, Billing discusses the use of engraved gems, putting cameos and intaglios in the context of contemporary monumental sculpture, and tracing the history of carving in miniature back to the seal-stones of the Egyptians and Assyrians. He also considers the types and qualities of mineral used in making jewellery, from semi-precious pebbles through to diamonds, and he describes the techniques of cutting precious stones. The work concludes with a translation of the autobiography of the Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (1784-1855), who became chief medallist at the Royal Mint.

Author : Charles William King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antique Gems written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: