Silver Jewelry
A fascinating part of this is the Cheapside Hoard, the stock of a jeweller hidden in London England during the Commonwealth period and not found again until 1912. It contained Colombian emerald, topaz, amazonite from Brazil, spinel, iolite, and chrysoberyl from Sri Lanka, ruby from India, Afghani lapis lazuli, Persian turquoise, Red Main peridot, as well as Bohemian and Hungarian opal, garnet, and amethyst. Considerable http:/nav.bidz.com/bzJApp/ViewSearch.action?query=categoryId:1002&facet=categoryId:1002&page=1 stones were frequently certain in box-bezels on enamelled rings. Notable among merchants of the period was Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who in the 1660s brought the precursor stone of the Confidence Diamond to France.
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As a result, the use of industrial processes, cheaper alloys, and established substitutes, margin to the development of fasten or costume jewelry |
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| Distinguished goldsmiths continued to flourish, however, as wealthier patrons sought to ensure that what they wore still stood apart from the jewelry of the masses, not only through benefit of precious metals and stones but also though superior artistic and technical work; different such artist was the French goldsmith Françoise Désire Fromment Meurice. |