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Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels
In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti and John Boardman
304 pages
Cover of Gems and Jewels ©
Hardback, 240 x 305 mm, Over 350 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 1902163 47 5
Spanning over 2,000 years of jewellery history, this is the first comprehensive study of the cameos, intaglios, jewels and insignia in the Royal Collection from the ‘ancient’ (pre-Renaissance) and ‘modern’ (sixteenth to nineteenth century) periods.
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Robert Vyner (active 1661)
Garter Collar and Great George
? Scotland
The Darnley Jewel or Lennox Jewel
English
Stuart Coronation ring
Tommaso Saulini (1793-1864)
Badge of the Order of Victoria and Albert (first class)
London
Thistle Badge
Imperial Rome
Emperor Claudius
John Bridge (1755-1834)
Tankard
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