Omega designs Revised 2nd Edition Book Details
ISBN: 9780764329951
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 414 photos
Pages: 224

Binding: Hard Cover

Book Description

Omega has become the watchmaker with the highest name recognition in timekeeping for personal and sports events worldwide. If the father owned an Omega, so does the son.
This important, color illustrated, new book presents, an illustrated description of all the watch movements manufactured by the Omega Watch Co. since the registration of its trademark in 1894. Over 400 watches are shown in 80 color and 334 black and white photographs.
Started as a small watchmaker shop in Biel, Switzerland in 1848, the company expanded to Geneva and has made precision pocket and wristwatches including the world famous chronometer wristwatch Constellation, the diver's watch Seamaster, and the chronograph wristwatch Speedmaster Professional.


Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer  

Forms & Function by Marbeth Schon

Book Details
ISBN: 9780764329760
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 471 color photos
Pages: 256

Book Description

This book is the catalog for two of the first major exhibits to show only modernist jewelry from such a broad group of artists. Both take place in 2008 in Fort Wayne, Indiana: one at The Fort Wayne Museum of Art (May 2 to August 24) and the other at The University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts (May 2 to May 30). Over fifty collectors and living art jewelers have lent some of the best examples of this innovative style. Sculptors Alexander Calder, Harry Bertoia, Jose de Rivera, Peter and Daniel Macchiarini, Earl and Tod Pardon, and merry rank are among the 96 artists featured, along with their extensive jewelry creations. Their work was experimental and stimulated originality in successive generations. Plastics, pearls, brass, copper, silver, gold, and enamels are among the materials found here in mini-sculptures and jewelry ornaments for men and women alike. The author's extensive research uncovers connections among the artists and documents this important art period and medium. Artists, collectors, cultural historians, and students all will want to see the exhibits and own the catalog.



Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer  

Bakelite Jewelry by Lyn Tortoriello and D. Lyons Book Description

Vintage carved Bakelite jewelry, from the great style era of the 1930s and 1940s, remains a highly sought-after category of collectible interest worldwide. From ever-popular bangles and hinged bracelets, to pins, dress clips, buckles, pendants, and earrings, these little works of art are endlessly satisfying. The great carved pieces are hard to find, valuable, and much coveted.

An eye-popping array of over 1,000 vintage jewelry items in carved Bakelite is explored. Organized to highlight their many patterns and brilliant colors, these little gems of fashion are displayed in over 300 detailed color photographs. This jewel box of a book honors the art and painstaking craft of carving Bakelite into fun and interesting personal adornments. Admire it, collect it, and enjoy it!


Book Details
ISBN: 9780764329142
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 300 color photos
Pages: 192

Binding: Hard Cover

Type: hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer  

Arts & Crafts to Art Deco: Art Deco Jeweller and Silvermith With a reputation second to none during his lifetime, Harry Murphy was Britain's leading jewellery designer of the first half of the twentieth century, and one of the most influential and accomplished silversmiths of the Art Deco and Arts & Crafts periods. One of the first to be nominated Royal Designer for Industry, Murphy was a widely revered figure who seemed in his many skills to encapsulate that early twentieth century dream, the successful marriage of art and industry. Yet today, he is little known. This book, published to coincide with an exhibition of Murphy's work at Goldsmith's Hall in London, redresses the balance and brings Murphy once again to the forefront of the public's attention. Featuring a broad spectrum of Murphy s work - domestic silver and flatware, Church silver, regalia, civic and corporate silver, enamels and a fascinating range of gold and gem-set jewellery - The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy is the definitive book on the subject.

Product Details

Hardcover: 204 pages
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C (March 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185149488X
ISBN-13: 978-1851494880
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches

Type: hardcover
 

The Best Costume Jewelry Book Description

Many of the most beautiful costume jewelry pieces made since the 1940s are presented with full color photographs. In chapters arranged chronologically, the jewelry reflects the changing retail market and manufacturing changes in materials, techniques, and colors. An introduction was written by Lawrence Feldman of Fior in London. The effects of popular heroes and competition are seen to have shaped the costume jewelry industry.
The jewelry of such well-known manufacturers as Boucher, Coro, Christian Dior, Grosse, Jomaz, Kramer of New York, Mitchell Maer, Trifari, and many others are displayed with newly revised prices.
The book portrays the affordable opulence and sheer beauty of costume jewelry.

Book Details
ISBN: 9780764328770
Size: 8 1/2'' x 11''
Illustrations: 900 color photos
Pages: 160

Binding: Soft Cover



Circa: 2007
Type: Softcover
Publisher: Schiffer  

Shamelessly, Jewelry from Kenneth Jay Lane Book Description

Immerse yourself in the flamboyant world of designer Kenneth Jay Lane, whose gorgeous costume jewelry has ornamented the world's most famous and powerful women for more than forty years. Over 670 sparkling color images present Lane's wide-ranging and innovative jewelry, featuring designs inspired by the fabled, exotic, and romantic cultures of the world, including Ancient Egypt, China, India, Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Arabia, Pre-Columbian and Native Southwest America, Tribal Africa, and Europe. Explore the varied motifs this master jeweler used, taken from every aspect of the natural world, and the many materials employed, including metals and plastics and dazzling costume gemstones. The accompanying text provides much useful information, including marks employed by Lane, and wonderful, whimsical quips by K. J. Lane himself. Anyone passionate for jewelry and the jeweler's art will treasure this book.

Book Details
ISBN: 0764326147
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 678 color photos
Pages: 256

Binding: Hard Cover


Circa: 2007
Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer  

Shamelessly, Jewelry from Kenneth Jay Lane Immerse yourself in the flamboyant world of designer Kenneth Jay Lane, whose gorgeous costume jewelry has ornamented the world's most famous and powerful women for more than forty years. Over 670 sparkling color images present Lane's wide-ranging and innovative jewelry, featuring designs inspired by the fabled, exotic, and romantic cultures of the world, including Ancient Egypt, China, India, Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Arabia, Pre-Columbian and Native Southwest America, Tribal Africa, and Europe. Explore the varied motifs this master jeweler used, taken from every aspect of the natural world, and the many materials employed, including metals and plastics and dazzling costume gemstones. The accompanying text provides much useful information, including marks employed by Lane, and wonderful, whimsical quips by K. J. Lane himself. Anyone passionate for jewelry and the jeweler's art will treasure this book.
ISBN: 0764326147
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 678 color photos
Pages: 256

Binding: Hard Cover

 

An Illustrated Survey of Silver & Jewellery Prices At UK Auctions: 2001-05 Paperback: 209 pages
Publisher: Antique Information Services
Language: English
ISBN: 0954647920
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.10 pound
Circa: 2006
 

A Century of Jewelry: Classy, Flashy, And Trashy! (Hardcover) Lavishly illustrated and extensively researched, this fascinating book chronicles the widening accessibility of jewelry between 1860 and 1960. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, only the affluent could afford many pieces of jewelry. In the mid-nineteenth century, however, industrialization led jewelry to become more affordable and the rising middle class created a larger market. Increasingly, jewelry was made not only from traditional precious metals and stones, but also of materials such as gold-plated base metals, vulcanite, hair, plastics, aluminum, and much more. Beginning with a visual timeline, this comprehensive volume couples an informative text with outstanding photographs of over 1,000 pieces of fine and costume jewelry made in America, Europe, and Asia. The jewelry reflects the changing styles of each decade, ranging from romantic to humorous to sumptuous. Pieces are organized by type of material or in delightful themes, such as heart-shaped items, insects, Egyptian influenced, and more. A helpful glossary, extensive bibliography, tips for collectors, and current values are all included. This book is certain to inspire and delight beginning and advanced jewelry collectors, historians, and designers.

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Circa: 2005
Type: hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer Books  

Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960 This beautifully written new book explores the work of 175 of the most important American modernist artist jewelers through a comprehensive text and over 540 color and 35 black and white photos. Beginning with the streamlining of Art Moderne, modernist jewelers mirrored the consciousness of their age. They were free thinkers-artists who broke away from the mainstream of jewelry design and looked to the fine arts for inspiration; they were Surrealists, Cubists, and Abstract Expressionists functioning as sculptors in small scale, painters in enamels, and architects in miniature. The modernist metalsmiths of the 1930s through 1960s laid the groundwork for the enormous expansion of metalsmithing in the 1970s and '80s. These creative jewelers produced personal designs as they absorbed the changes happening in the world around them. The artists' stories and jewelry are arranged chronologically and linked to four pivotal exhibitions held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, in 1946; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, in 1948 and 1955; and an exhibition on paper in 1959. Together, the artists at these important events comprise the modernist movement of wearable art directly and through their influence on the subsequent generations. This important book will stand as the primary reference to art jewelry of the mid-20th century and be consulted by all who want to understand the innovations it embraces.
ISBN: 0764320203
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 540 color and 35 B/W photos
Pages: 292
Availability: Now Available
Binding: Hard Cover


Circa: 2004
Publisher: schiffer books  

MIRIAM HASKEL JEWELRY BOOK BY CATHY GORDON & SHEILA PAMFILOFF Book Description

Miriam Haskell began selling especially beautiful costume jewelry in 1926, and her company continues to the present. Today, the jewelry that bears her name is highly sought after and the prices keep spiraling up. Claims abound that "this is a Miriam Haskell," but is it a Miriam Haskell? This important new book gives collectors the key information to make intelligent buying decisions. It provides specific details on the art, design, style, materials, construction, and signatures, all vital to the identification and dating of Haskell jewelry. It also dispels many of the myths that allow "wanna-bes" and fakes to flourish. Over 600 beautiful color photographs display the most extensive collection of Haskell jewelry ever brought together. The jewelry is categorized by designer, specifying notable eras. The text provides notations on innovations, style preferences, and in-depth descriptions pointing to key Haskell identifiers. Readers, from casual admirers to serious collectors and dealers, will find in this comprehensive book the essential information and breathtaking pictures they seek.


Cathy Gordon and Sheila Pamfiloff

Miriam Haskell Jewelry


Book Details
ISBN: 076432070X
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Illustrations: 609 color
Pages: 256


 

Mid-Century Plastic Jewelry by Susan Maxine Klein - 2005 Edition Bold and flashy, sweet and coquettish, stylish and elegant—plastic jewelry is all of these. In a comprehensive new study with over 400 beautiful color photographs of fabulous and original jewelry designs, explore the interesting and evolving history of plastics used to make jewelry. Meet the manufacturers, designers, and even salesmen who created the industry. See dazzling examples from Coro, Trifari, Lisner, Kramer, Selro, and more. Once considered "junk jewelry," Susan Maxine Klein shows that plastic jewelry is truly an art form.
Circa: 2005
Publisher: Schiffer  

Jewellery Reference & Price Guide by Michael Poynder Originally published in 1976, The Price Guide to Jewellery has undergone numerous reprints and is now reissued in a new edition. It is universally acknowledged as one of the most useful and informative books on the subject ever written.

Precious stones and metals possess a universal appeal although jewellery is often considered as being very expensive and beyond the normal pocket. Accordingly, the author is at pains to include a comprehensive selection of jewellery from all periods and at all price ranges. Most of the pieces shown are, or have been, on sale in particular shops, or have passed through the salerooms.

Jeweller prices vary with individual pieces according to value of materials, workmanship and availability. The prices shown are within a bracket which the private individual might expect to have to pay when buying from a retail business and all have been carefully checked and brought up to date through consultation with a wide variety of London jewellers.

The book is arranged chronologically as far as possible in terms of both date and style. The author also relates the number of illustrations directly to the type of jewellery most readily available and the largest number of colour plates to the most prolific period of production. For this reason nineteenth century rings will obviously outnumber those produced, say, during the Anglo-Saxon period. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, with detailed captions, this book invaluable for identification and a source of long-term reference.

The Author

Michael Poynder, Ph.D., joined the jewellery business with Harvey & Gore in 1962. From 1965 to 1970 he had a shop in Beauchamp Place, London, and later in Sloane Street. In the 1980,s he was the jewellery and silver expert of a fine art valuation team.
Following the death of his wife, he moved to Ireland and has concentrated on alternative medicine, being awarded a Ph.D. by the Indian International Institute of Alternative Medicine for his work in geopathic and personal stress.

Jewellery: Reference and Price Guide, has been the standard work on the subject since it was first published in 1976.

Michele Rowan has been a dealer in jewellery at Antiquarius in London for the past ten years. A graduate of history from Sydney University she previously taught history in Australia.
 

The Jewels of Miriam Haskell by Deanna Farnetti Cera The Jewels of Miriam Haskell
Deanna Farnetti Cera
Published by Antique Collectors' Club
ISBN No: 1 85149 263 1
Size: 9 x 11 ins
208pp 200 col. 50 b&w

New and still in wrapper. This is the first book completely devoted to the story of Miriam Haskell, one of America's most distinguished fashion jewelers. The firm was founded in 1924 by Miriam Haskell. Over 200 examples (bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings and parures) from the most significant European and American collections illustrate the styles of the small number of designers who were associated with the House. Creativity, technical skill and the varied sources of inspiration have made this jewelry the undisputed stars of period jewelry collections


Circa: 1997
Type: hardcover
 

Tiaras A History of Splendour by Geoffrey Munn Tiaras have always inspired a great fascination and the most beautiful and influential women have been painted, photographed and admired whilst wearing them. Even in the 21st century they are still worn and continue to inspire special poise and elegance.

This lavishly illustrated book includes new photographs of a variety of Royal tiaras together with those of French and Russian Imperial provenances. Geoffrey Munn has been granted special access to the photographic archives of many famous jewellers, including Cartier, Boucheron and Fabergé, for his research. Other makers include Garrards, Castellani, Giuliano, Lalique, Fouquet and Tiffany.
Many of these stunning tiaras also have great historical significance and their provenance is explained fully by the author, who is an specialist in jewellery and metalwork.
Among the contemporary pieces illustrated are tiaras belonging to Jamie Lee Curtis, Vivienne Westwood, Elton John and Madonna, made by Slim Barratt, Galliano and Versace.