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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 221195, member: 88"]I think the one I go to first for marked jewelry is Julia C. Carroll's series of Collecting Costume Jewelry 101, 202 & 303.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unmarked jewelry is tougher because most books only show you the pretty side of the jewelry & the way you ID a lot of the pieces is how it is constructed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also a lot of wonderful websites that help you out as far as who made what type of dangles on necklaces, who used what type of latches on their bracelets, the construction of pieces in different eras, etc. If you click on the first thread at the top of this page there are many of those websites listed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 221195, member: 88"]I think the one I go to first for marked jewelry is Julia C. Carroll's series of Collecting Costume Jewelry 101, 202 & 303. Unmarked jewelry is tougher because most books only show you the pretty side of the jewelry & the way you ID a lot of the pieces is how it is constructed. There are also a lot of wonderful websites that help you out as far as who made what type of dangles on necklaces, who used what type of latches on their bracelets, the construction of pieces in different eras, etc. If you click on the first thread at the top of this page there are many of those websites listed.[/QUOTE]
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