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Jewellery (1908)

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 420

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irst feature is the general preference forprecious stones, and especially diamonds, and the useof the pea-pod ornament for displaying them. Fromthis style, practised by Marchant and many others, wepass, secondly, to the Schwarzornamente or sil-houette designs of Le Blon and Toutin employed… … Jean Toutin in his workshop, firing an enamelled jewel. u 289 CHAPTER XXXI SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY JEWELLERY {continued)ENGLAND, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY T^ HE jewels of the seventeenth century, as has been observed, are comparatively rare in public col- lections. Unlike those of the Cinquecento,which find…

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