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Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond Biogarphy

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Throughout the Roman territories, even after the fall of the empire, common forms and techniques remained in general use. Gold filigree persisted, and the Roman fibula or safety pin was elaborated into complicated brooches. The most important development, adopted all over Europe from the 3rd to the 8th century was the use of garnet slices set into metal cells. Both Roman and Byzantine traditions fused in the work of the barbarian jewelers, who also introduced native variations. Among the distinct local styles developed from the 5th to the 11th centuries are the Ostrogothic, Visigothic, Frankish, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, and Celtic. A remarkable example of the work in this period is the 7th century crown of Reccesvinthus, King of the Visigoths.
The Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, beginning in the 12th century, the jeweler's art, which was at first dominated by the church patronage, became part of secular life with the foundation of town guilds. The most typical ornament was the brooch, which took the form of a ring with a pin held in place by the cloth through which it passed. By the 14th and 15th centuries jewelry became more and more an integral part of dress. It was attached to clothes and used to decorate belts and hairnets. A famous example of medieval jewelry is the 12th century Eagle Brooch.
The Renaissance
In the latter half of the 15th century during the Renaissance, jewelry received a new stimulus from the patronage of nobility. In Italy, especially, goldsmith jewelers worked not only communally as guild members, but independently, often in ducal households. The jewelry of the period is characterized by rich color and by designs strongly sculptural or architectural in character. Religious subjects, prevalent in medieval jewelry, were gradually replaced by classical or naturalistic themes. Typical of the period is the sculptural pendant in which irregular pearls, enameling, and colored gems were combined.
Short of a date monogrammed on your jewelry, the clasp on your antique jewelry is perhaps your most significant indication of the date your jewelry was produced.
A clasp is not just a mechanism. It likely has a patent date and industrial hay day.
The standard for antique Victorian pieces will be the c clasp or “c clutch.” When buying antique jewelry, the c clutch is a great sign. It indicates handcrafted design and genuine age.  Since it is generally inferior in mechanics to more modern clasps, its production in the latter half of the 1900s is nearly nonexistent.
Tube and lever catches are also turn-of-the-century designs. The safety catch and spring-ring clasps moved us into a new era in the early 1900s, and by the 1940s, most of the modern clasps we use today were in production.
An excellent illustrated guide to clasps can be found at the url: h.
Before we finish this topic, we should mention that you could have jewelry with a replaced clasp. If you have a piece of jewelry with a more modern clasp that you believed to be an older period piece, then take a good look at the clasp and links surrounding the clasp. If they are slightly different metal or make than the body of the piece, you likely have a replaced clasp.
On most fine antique gold jewelry pieces, you will notice the links are individually soldered  (a practice only a few high-end makers such as Tiffany & Co.  and Cartier still use today). If you have a fine item like this with a replaced clasp, look at the links that connect the newer clasp to the older links. The replaced links are not usually soldered like the rest of the piece.
Posted on June 21, 2012 by admin in How to for Antiques and Collectibles

Jewellery Necklace Diamond
Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond
Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

Jewellery Necklace Diamond

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