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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
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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