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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 434443, member: 33&quot;]I made up a list of some of the ones that I have that have stayed in my mind for one reason or another. I do have others, but most are either about gemstones or they are museum productions like a couple of those listed here. I put a note at the end of each one. The one by Vivienne Becker seemed very good as a general survey of lots of types of jewelry. But others here have good overall information in areas that are mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Baker, Lillian. <i>Plastic Jewelry of the Twentieth Century; Identification and Value Guide</i>. Updated edition. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 2003. -- Includes a history of types of plastic and plastic jewelry. I found that valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Becker, Vivienne. <i>Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery; A Guide for Collectors</i>. Second Edition. Colchester, Essex: N. A. G. Press, c1987, reprinted 2002. – Lots of text to read about different movements and styles of jewelry through history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bell, C. Jeanenne. <i>How to be a Jewelry Detective</i>. Shawnee, KS: A. D. Publishing, c2000. – I have consulted this book many times in order to identify types and dates of jewelry. I just wish the book was longer!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bell, C. Jeanenne. <i>Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry, 1840-1950</i>. Second edition, c2008. – A much more extensive book than the one listed above. Covers historical periods, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jargstorf, Sibylle<i>. Baubles, Buttons and Beads; the Heritage of Bohemia</i>. c1993. Atglen, PA: Schiffer. – This is a fabulous history of Bohemian jewelry. It was recommended here on Antiquers, I think by dragonflywink. A very good read.</p><p><br /></p><p>McLoughlin, David. <i>Jewelry Fix-Ups: How to Clean, Repair and Restore Your Jewelry</i>. East Petersburg, PA: Fox Chapel Publishing, c2011. (This was simultaneously published in the UK and the US. UK edition is by Fil Rouge Press of London, and they hold the copyright.) – Although this book is about fixing broken jewelry there is a lot of information about different types of findings and styles that may help to identify dates, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Metropolitan Jewelry</i>. Text by Sophie McConnell, Design by Alvin Grossman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A Bulfinch Press Book/Little, Brown, &amp; Co, c1991. – This is mostly an “eye candy” type of book but you can get a sense of how jewelry changed through time. Includes photos of actual jewelry and also of artistic depictions of jewelry from the Museum’s collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miller, Anna M. <i>Cameos: Old &amp; New</i>. Third Edition. Woodstock, Vermont: Gemstone Press, c2002. – I had the 2nd edition of this and then bought the 3rd, then found out that Ms. Miller had passed away and there would be no more. Very good history of cameos and cameo jewelry. I learned a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. <i>Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World</i>. This is another one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, based on an exhibition in London and in New York during 1994-1995.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have other books, but these are some of the ones that stay in my memory the most and could be of interest. Museums have issued other exhibition catalogs that may be of interest. They often have lots of historical information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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