The treasure of the jeweled arts,
at the top of the market.
Faithful reproductions drawn only from public-domain plates and open-access museum photography, and a small canon of numbered house originals. Every source is named; every right is accounted for.
The Goldsmiths
The metalworker as sculptor of the sacred and the sovereign.
The Saliera
Benvenuto Cellini, 1543
Reliquary Chasse, Limoges Enamel
Limoges workshops, ca. 1235—45
Etruscan Gold Wreath
Etruscan goldsmith, ca. 4th-3rd century BCE
Byzantine Jeweled Bracelet
Byzantine goldsmith, ca. 500-700 CE
Byzantine Gold Necklace with Cross
Byzantine goldsmith, 6th century CE
Enameled Gold Pendant Watch
anonymous French goldsmith-clockmaker, ca. 1600
The Art Nouveau Jewel
The one decade jewelry led all the decorative arts, kept in its own portfolios.
Plate from La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle
Henri Vever (author), 1906—08
A Corsage Ornament of the Dragonfly Age (period plate)
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, 1897 (design study, not a jewel photograph — see flag above)
Ornament Plate — L’Animal dans la Décoration
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, 1897
Cyclamen Study Plate
Eugene Grasset (comp.), 1896
Columbine Ornamental Application
Eugene Grasset (comp.), 1896
The Plant in Art and Craft
Anton Seder, 1886
Celtic Interlace Ornament
Owen Jones, 1856
The Gem Plates
The stone before the setting, in atlases that chase fire through paper.
Plate: The Diamond — Das Mineralreich
Reinhard Brauns, 1903
Plate from The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
George Frederick Kunz, 1913
Corundum: Ruby and Sapphire
Reinhard Brauns, 1903
Beryl: Emerald, Aquamarine, Golden Beryl
Reinhard Brauns, 1903
Topaz and Euclase
Max Bauer, 1904
Felspar and Opal
Max Bauer, 1904
The Famous Stones
The most storied jewels on earth, drawn at the hinges of their histories.
Plate from The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
George Frederick Kunz, 1913
The Koh-i-Noor, Before and After the 1852 Recutting
period engraving, 19th century
The Hope Diamond (period illustration)
period illustration, pre-1931
Tavernier's Great Diamonds of India
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Les Six Voyages (Utrecht ed.), 1712
The Sceptre and the Star of Africa
G.J. Younghusband & Cyril Davenport, 1919
The Spinel of the Great Imperial Crown
A.E. Fersman (ed.), 1925
The Regalia
The treasury of empire, printed for the parlor wall.
The Regalia — Coronation Plate, 1911
coronation souvenir publishing, 1911
The Sceptre and the Star of Africa
G.J. Younghusband & Cyril Davenport, 1919
The Imperial State Crown
G.J. Younghusband & Cyril Davenport, 1919
The Spinel of the Great Imperial Crown
A.E. Fersman (ed.), 1925
Tutankhamun's Gold
The treasure coming out of the ground, as the 1920s world first saw it.
The Atelier Originals
Numbered, certificated house originals - the provenance starts with you.
