Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Victorian Jewellery
    Victorian Jewellery
    Victorian Jewellery
    Ebook448 pages3 hours

    Victorian Jewellery

    By Margaret Flower

    4.5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A comprehensive and informative look at Victorian jewellery, split into three eras - 'The Early Victorian, or Romantic Period (1837-60)', 'The Mid-Victorian, or Grand Period (1860-85)' and 'The Late Victorian, or Aesthetic Period (1885-1901)', each accompanied by extensive photographic illustrations. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone interested in Victorian jewellery.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 4, 2013
    ISBN9781447483816
    Victorian Jewellery

    Related to Victorian Jewellery

    Related ebooks

    History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Cut Above

      May 19, 2021

      A Cut Above
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Charmed Life

      Oct 17, 2021

      A Charmed Life
      4 min read

    • Article

      Art of STONE

      Oct 25, 2022

      Art of STONE
      4 min read

    • Article

      Monet

      Sep 1, 2021

      Monet
      4 min read

    • Article

      Discovering Napier Jewelry of the 1920s

      Apr 30, 2020

      Napier jewelry first captured my attention when I found a number of amazing vintage pieces at an estate sale in the early 1990s. I’ve been enamored with it ever since. So naturally, when my friend Melinda L. Lewis (who is also my Costume Jewelry Coll

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Basics

      Feb 20, 2020

      The Basics
      4 min read

    • Article

      BEYOND the Beauty

      Jul 9, 2020

      Arose is a rose, right? If you don’t know who designed or manufactured a piece of jewelry, it’s still just as pretty. Nevertheless, you’ll do yourself a big favor by learning how to identify as many unmarked pieces as you can. Fleshing out this idea

      3 min read

    • Article

      Let's Party!

      Oct 16, 2022

      Let's Party!
      4 min read

    • Article

      In The Nick Of Time

      Dec 18, 2021

      In The Nick Of Time
      3 min read

    • Article

      Napier Jewelry Of The 1950s

      Aug 17, 2022

      Napier Jewelry Of The 1950s
      4 min read

    • Article

      Schreiner SHINES

      Sep 17, 2020

      Schreiner SHINES
      4 min read

    • Article

      Fake It Till You Make It

      Aug 18, 2021

      Fake It Till You Make It
      4 min read

    • Article

      Eisenberg Excitement

      Oct 15, 2020

      Eisenberg Excitement
      1 min read

    • Article

      SOCIETY ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE

      Apr 28, 2021

      SOCIETY ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE
      1 min read

    • Article

      Christmas JEWELRY joy

      Nov 25, 2020

      Christmas JEWELRY joy
      3 min read

    • Article

      Kiss The Boys Goodbye

      Oct 31, 2021

      Kiss The Boys Goodbye
      3 min read

    • Article

      Copper Jewelry

      May 28, 2020

      Copper Jewelry
      3 min read

    • Article

      HISTORY OF Cubic Zirconia

      Jul 30, 2020

      HISTORY OF Cubic Zirconia
      4 min read

    • Article

      Precious Things

      Jul 3, 2019

      Precious Things
      2 min read

    • Article

      Queen ... For A Day

      Apr 29, 2023

      Queen ... For A Day
      4 min read

    • Article

      July

      May 31, 2022

      In days gone by, hats were considered an essential part of both male and female garb. It follows that boxes for keeping them in good shape and safe from moths were part of the paraphernalia of a well-equipped wardrobe, and they came in the form of le

      5 min read

    • Article

      July

      May 31, 2022

      In days gone by, hats were considered an essential part of both male and female garb. It follows that boxes for keeping them in good shape and safe from moths were part of the paraphernalia of a well-equipped wardrobe, and they came in the form of le

      5 min read

    • Article

      Vintage Buttons Are A Girl’s Best Friend

      Sep 14, 2022

      DIAMONDS are forever—but so are many other, less obviously precious things. The permanence of most materials means that, after breakages and faded fashions, discarded items are likely to spend the rest of their long lives in landfill. For most of us,

      5 min read

    • Article

      NOW & Forever

      Mar 12, 2022

      NOW & Forever
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Victorian Jewellery

    4.5/5

    3 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      bine




    Book preview

    Victorian Jewellery - Margaret Flower

    VICTORIAN

    JEWELLERY

    by Margaret Flower

    WITH A FOREWORD BY MARGARET J. BIGGS

    AND A CHAPTER ON COLLECTING BY

    DORIS LANGLEY MOORE

    WITH 118 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    AND 10 COLOUR PLATES

    FOREWORD

    by MARGARET J. BIGGS

    I feel very honoured and flattered to have been asked by Mrs Flower to write a few words of introduction for her book. Having been in the Jewellery Trade all my life, I am naturally very interested in this subject, not only from the point of view of the intrinsic value of jewellery as seen by the average male jeweller, but also of its feminine appeal and how it has always been, and is now, complementary to the fashions of the day.

    This book is unique in many ways. It is the first to be written in our language on Victorian jewellery and so will fill the gap on the shelf of reference books used by jewellers. Having read this book, and being a past Chairman of the National Association of Goldsmiths and engaged myself in selling jewellery, I can truly say, on behalf of my colleagues, that it will be invaluable to us. We thank Mrs Flower for having spent so much time and trouble in collecting all this information and condensing it into such absorbing, and at the same time, instructional reading.

    It certainly must have been very difficult work, because Mrs Flower had not had any previous training in the jewellery trade. It is only because she is so deeply interested in Victorian jewellery that she has accomplished so much. For this very reason, she has approached her subject from an entirely different angle from other textbooks. Perhaps it is not true to call it a textbook, it is more an intriguing historical account of Victorian jewellery and fashions, and how they influenced each other and in turn were both dictated by the standard of living and economic state of the period.

    The Victorian era was one of peace and development. The Industrial Revolution brought new prosperity and wealth to thousands, which enabled them to give more extravagant gifts to their women folk. The opening of the gold mines in California and Australia and the discovery of diamonds in South Africa gave added scope to the designers and manufacturers of jewellery. There was more jewellery produced in these years than at any other time before, and each piece the work of a skilled craftsman, designed to suit the particular fashions of each era—the grand romantic period of the crinoline, the more demure mid-Victorian styles, the gorgeous, gay nineties, each called for a different design in jewellery to enhance it. The latter part of the century saw the start of mass-produced jewellery to meet the needs of the middle class.

    The average man or woman in the street knows little about the way a piece of jewellery is made, how to assess its value or how to distinguish one precious stone from another or from an imitation, but he or she is always interested to hear of the history behind jewels. For this reason, Victorian Jewellery must prove to be one of the most fascinating books of its kind.

    Mrs Flower shows us how the changes in dress and hair styles altered the kind of jewellery worn, and so, by comparing one fashion with another and by reference to the many beautiful illustrations Mrs Flower has collected, one can easily ascertain the approximate date of a piece of jewellery. This is an important point and of great use to the jeweller, as Victorian jewels are the antiques of tomorrow.

    I hope I have now made you thoroughly interested in this most rewarding subject, so that you are impatient to delve into the study of Victorian Jewellery.

    CONTENTS

    COLOUR PLATES

    MONOCHROME ILLUSTRATIONS

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1