Featured Books on antique and vintage jewelry to recommend

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Kimbert, Dec 2, 2018.

  1. Kimbert

    Kimbert Well-Known Member

    @Bronwen nice detailed review! Maybe wont be prioritizing reading that one in that case!
    I speak french though I'm not used to doing any heavy reading in French! I'd probably start with the silver one anyways! thanks for the additional rec!
     
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    The 'ca. 1750' 'wax' cameo is also their single example in the one page section on 18th century cameos. Most English language literature on cameos seems to be self-published or only a little more professionally done, with some help from the publisher. Former are always all over the place, poorly organized, poorly written, in desperate need of an editor. The latter may have the benefit of a proofreader & an editor, but not an editor who is at all knowledgeable in the field, someone who can fix grammar but not factual errors. Fact checking, what's that? The Clements book has 12 entries in its bibliography, one of them the Miller book.
     
  3. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    @Any Jewelry , I finally read _Silver Treasures From the Land of Sheba_. Wonderful book! I knew almost nothing about Yemen at all. I liked the travel aspects of the book along with the information about and wonderful photos of the jewelry made there!
     
  4. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    I have learned the most from this one. I do like Costume Jewelry 101, too, great for beginners.
     
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  5. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    Wow, I want this one!!! I have an entire bottom shelf devoted to mostly jewelry resource books. I will have to take a picture sometime.
     
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  6. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    art nouveau buckles, ARNOLDSCHE art Publishers
    Jugendstilschmuck; Wolfgang Glüber
    Alltagstauglich, die Sammlung Ratz-Coradazzi; Glüber, Kristine Siebert
     
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  7. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    addendum for Europeans; don't know if it would be of any interest for the US.
    there's a shop "books on collectables" in Belgium that is also on eboo. he packs very well, postage by kilograms; I already ordered 6 books for the wintertime. very fast delivery.
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lately I have been immersed in 'Art Nouveau Jewelry' by Vivienne Becker, Thames & Hudson. A hefty book, but a very good read, including background info, and the link with other relevant art forms. Perfect photography too.
    Unlike many US writers, she pays a lot of attention to Continental Europe (and not just Bohemia) and British Arts and Crafts, so it is worthwhile for us across the pond as well.:)

    Edit: British writer, not US.:)
     
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  9. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Oh, I'll have to get that one. I like her other books that I've read.

    I thought she was British, though. Her website apparently doesn't say where she was born but she does a lot of work in the UK: http://www.viviennebecker.com/

    Also, her site uses the spelling "jewellery" which is not the way we spell it here. I believe her books have been published on both sides of the pond, so spelling may vary.
     
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  10. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    She's an out and out Londoner. I saw a bit about her when they had the Cheapside Hoard exhibition.
     
  11. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Thanks, OBB!
     
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  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Thanks, that explains a lot. Pity Thames & Hudson felt the title had to be Art Nouveau Jewelry, instead of Jewellery, confusing.
    I have another book by her somewhere, but can't find it now.
     
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  13. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Yes, that is confusing. I see that some of her books have that spelling, and some the other. I have two of her books, one with each spelling. :)
     
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  14. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Pulishers, eh!
     
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  15. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It has been some time since Kimbert started this thread, but since it is useful to newbies as well as long time members, I thought I'd bump it.:)

    For anyone who wants to know more about European ethnic/regional jewellery, I can recommend this book:

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    https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/traditional-jewellery-in-nineteenth-century-europe-119398.html

    It is a great introduction to the topic. The jewellery in the book is from the collection of the V&A, and it covers many regions of Europe, north to south, east to west.

    Those gorgeous buttons on the cover are from the North Frisian Wadden Sea island of Föhr, Germany.
     
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  16. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Another member who has not been here in a long time.
     
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  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    True. You never know why though. She wasn't here long, maybe she just moved on to something else.
     
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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    I think that is what has happened with most of the people we've asked about. It is part of life!
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Fritz Falk has written some very good books on jewellery. A lot of yummy stuff from the Pforzheim jewellery museum.

    Did anyone post this one before? Perfect for beginners:
    John Benjamin: "Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery"
     
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  20. MaJa

    MaJa Active Member

    Excellent books on German and Austrian Jewelry are:
    • Schmuck in Deutschland und Österreich 1895 - 1914, Ulrike von Hase, Prestel, 2nd edition, 1985
    • Schmuck der 20er und 30er Jahre in Deutschland, Christianne Weber, Arnoldsche, 1990
    They are only available second hand and are quite pricy
     
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