Jewelry of the 1940s and 1950s (Book)

This a very comprehensive publication which includes an informative text (208 pages) that also includes a lavish selection of photographs which trace the history of American jewelry...

Edited by Susan Weber Soros and Stafanie Walker This is a magnificent book which is in good condition, and is really the first to display and discuss the family and jewellery that they created. 428 pages beautifully photographed and illustrated. Text in English. Castellani jewellery...

Vever’s La Bijouterie Française au XIXem Siècle was first published in France between 1906–08: it has been the bible of all jewelry experts, buyers, sellers, scholars and historians ever since. Only 1,000 copies were originally produced, and it has been out of print for many years, appearing only rarely in the auction houses where it fetches very large sums. This volume – the first ever complete translation into English – includes over 1400 illustrations: photographs, sketches for jewels and prints from fashion magazines. 136 colour photographs of jewels now in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs are new to this edition. All the great and now more obscure jewelers are included in the text and illustrations: Alphonse Fouquet, Boucheron, Falize, Froment-Maurice, Cartier, Chaumet, Georges Fouquet, Gaillard, Vever, Lalique, and many many more. The discussion in the text is not only of the individual jewels and types of jewelry, but also includes many entertaining anecdotes about the jewelers' relations with their customers and with society in general. Being himself a jeweler, Henri Vever...

This scarce book dating from 1908, is by two noted experts in the field and is now a rare and important work of reference on the history of the pearl and the pearling industry, with ...

Retro Diamond and Platinum Clip Brooch. Set with a central brilliant-cut diamond, weighing approximately 2.0-2.5 carats, G-H color, VVS-VS clarity. Pavé...

A very sleek and elegant Sapphire and Diamond Clip Brooch made in the 1940s, depicting the typical Retro design. The diamonds weigh circa 1 carats and the sapphires weigh circa 1.5 ...

This is stunning in person. This would look amazing on a coat, scarf or a large scale hat. Measuring 8 inches across Each side is 1.37 inches x 2.46 inches with a large Rhinestone....

An impressive pair of vintage 1950s 0.59 carat blue sapphire and 14 karat yellow gold cufflinks; part of our diverse sapphire jewelry and estate jewelry collections. These fine and impressive gold sapphire cufflinks have been crafted in 14k yellow gold with 14k white gold settings. The convex, oval shaped anterior face of each link is plain and unembellished, ornamented with a single 14k white gold bezel set round...