Sentimental Jewellery
$26.44
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2007
Summary
A concise introduction to the history of sentimental jewellery.
The author describes the origins of mourning and other sentimental jewellery and helps the reader to identify these appealing jewels, which can tell us much about the way in which our ancestors lived, loved and died.
By no means all of it is linked to death. Many attractive pieces were given as tokens of affection, sometimes inscribed with personalised messages and often very elaborately designed.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747803638 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0747803633 |
| Author: | Ann Louise Luthi |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 116g |
| Dimensions: | 5mm x 149mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Shire Library |
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Ann Louise Luthi
Ann Louise Luthi is a member of the Society of Jewellery Historians and a Senior Member of St Anne’s College, Oxford. As well as writing and lecturing widely on the subject, she has also done extensive work with the jewellery collections held at the British Museum.
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