Gems Collection (page 2)

Advert for Cartier Ltd, London, jewellers
Advertisement for Cartier Ltd, jewellers, Albemarle Street and New Bond Street, London. Date: 1930

Gems of the Ocean - girl with basket of seaweed
Gems of the Ocean - girl with a basket of seaweed

MINING EMERALDS 1820
Emeralds being mined by convicts in Muzo, Colombia. Date: 1820

Mineraux - minerals
A variety of minerals including amethyst quartz, fluorine, agate and beryl. Date: 1930

Ancient Gem Cutter and Apprentice - Sri Lanka
Ancient Gem Cutter with his cutting and polishing tools and (his middle-aged!) Apprentice - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1908

The royal regalia of the Romanoffs
The Russian state jewels acquired by an English syndicate and sold at Christies Auction Rooms. The regalia shown are: the nuptial crown, a magnificent brooch, a green jasper snuff box

Portrait of King James I, by John de Critz the Elder
Half length portrait of King James I, by John de Critz the Elder (c.1552-1642)

Crown for Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), Coronation 19
The crown for Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI, to wear at the 1937 Coronation based on a Victorian circlet and including the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by Granichstaedten
Music cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)

Charlemagne (742-814). Reliquary bust. Aachen Treasury Cathe
Charlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks (768-814) the Lombards (774-814) and emperor of the Romans (800-814). : Reliquary bust

The Roskilde Cross. C. 1100. Denmark
The Roskilde Cross. C.1100. Byzantine reliquary cross of gold. Contains a splinter of the Holy Cross. Found in the rood arch crucifix of Roskilde Cathedral. National Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Oliphant. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Oliphant of Charlemagne. C. 1000. Ivory. Hunting knife (8th century) and sheath (10th - 11th centuries). Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

Johann Christoph Dorsch
JOHANN CHRISTOPH DORSCH German steinschneider (engraver of portraits on gems) of Nurnberg. Date: 1680 - 1752

Gems Embedded in Rocks
Various types of gemstones embedded in rock of mixed with sand, including rubies, garnet and topaz

The Great Balas or Black Princes Ruby, referring to a gem in the British crown jewels, dating back to the 14th century. 19th century

Music cover, Les Huguenots
Music cover, Operatic Gems No. 18, Les Huguenots, by Felix Gantier (probably an arrangement after Meyerbeer). Showing Old Paris on the Eve of St Bartholomew (the night before the massacre)

Advert, Gems Bros, Weybridge Cycle & Motor Works
Advertisement, Gems Bros, Weybridge Cycle & Motor Works, Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, showing an early motor car. 1905

Music cover, Cathedral Gems, Salisbury
Music cover, Cathedral Gems No. 14, Salisbury, Fantasia on Subjects from Mendelssohns St Paul, by Louis Dupuis. circa 1880

The Roskilde cross. Byzantine reliquary cross of gold. Aroun
The Roskilde cross. Byzantine reliquary cross of gold. The front side is decorated with 7 pearls and 15 gems. Around 1100. Found in the rood arch crucifix of Roskilde Cathedral. Denmark

Lake District / Wastwater
A lonely road alongside the beautiful expanse of Wastwater, Cumberland, one of the gems of the English Lake District. Date: 1930s

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin presents jewels to the Emperor. late 19th century

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths jewellery 1904
A selection of highest quality jewellery. Date: 1904

Title page with vignette of miner with lantern in a cave.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Mahaut or Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, 13th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris

Clotilde, Queen of the Franks, 475-543.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Cross and letters with inlay of precious stones belonging to the Treasury of Torredonjimeno. 7th c. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Advert for Asprey rings 1938
A selection of fine quality stones specially selected for there depth and perfect cutting reflecting the full brilliance of the gems. Date: 1938

Lansdown Crescent, Bath, England, built by John Palmer, is one of the citys architectural gems. Much of the handsome Georgian ironwork survives. Date: 1950s

Votive crown of Recesvinto. 653-672. Made with gold, gems and pearls. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: SPAIN. Guadamur

Magatama?, curved gems - kudatama, straight gems, worn by high off. Drawing shows two long sets of gems suspended from cords, worn by high government officials. Date 1878?

The wedding gifts to the Princess Royal
Emerald and diamond bracelet, and opal and diamond suite, presented to the Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901)Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria

Norwich Guildhall
The Old Guild Hall (Guildhall) at Norwich, Norfolk, England. One of the many historic gems of the city, dating from about 1407. Date: early 1940s

England / Poole
The white beauty of the ever- changing cloud shapes adds to the charm of the scene across Poole Harbour, one of Dorsets gems of beauty and the distant Isle of Purbeck

Digging for diamonds in South Africa
People digging for diamonds in South Africa

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