Precious Collection (page 3)

Diamond mining at Kimberley 1885
Diamond mining at Kimberley, South Africa Date: 1885

Diamond mining in Kimberley
Diamond mining at Kimberley, South Africa. Date: circa 1880

VESTALS SACRIFICING
Roman Vestal Virgins make a sacrifice, probably of precious spices

DUTCH PEARL WORKER C17
A Dutch craftsman working with pearls Date: 17th century

Precious stones
Fishing for pearls in the Pacific Date: 1719

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

London Trade Card - Peter de la Fontaine, Goldsmith, at the Golden Cup, Litchfield Street, Soho. 18th century

Gold etruscan jewelry. 350-300 BC
Gold etruscan jewelry. Rings. 350-300 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Excavated objects at Palace of the Youssoupof, Moscow
Delegates of the Soviet government carrying out an inventory on the collection of precious objects unearthed at the Palace of the Youssoupof (which housed a military history museum)

French art nouveau hair combs in enamel, shell, and gold by Paul Follot and Henri Vever.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

Schist
A garnet schist from Moidart, Scotland. This specimen is a medium-grained metamorphic rock

Statue-reliquary of Sainte Foy. Gold and precious stones. FRANCE. Conques. glise abbatiale de Sainte Foy (Abbey

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

Royal Wedding 1923 - wedding presents
King George V and Queen Marys gifts to the Duke and Duchess of York on the occasion of their marriage on 26 April 1923. They include a necklace from Queen Alexandra

A selection of the Princes gifts, 1876
A selection of the presents made to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during his Royal Progress through India in 1875-6. They have been arranged in the India Museum, South Kensington

Diadem of Tutankhamun
Diadem of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) made out of solid gold and various semi-precious stones, as exhibited in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo

China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s

Codex Lebuinus. 825-850. Binding
Codex Lebuinus. Northern France, 825-850. Detail of binding, Cologne, 11th-12th centuries. Decorated in silver, ivory and precious stones. The central figure depicts Bacchus

Votive crown of Recceswinth, found in the treasure of Guarra
Votive crown of the Visigoth king Recceswinth, made of gold and precious stones in the 2nd half of the 7th century. Treasure of Guarrazar. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Roman jewellery. 1st-4th century AD
Roman jewellery of the Imperial Age. 1st-4th century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

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

Vitrine Display Cabinet
The French call this a vitrine - its a glass-fronted display cabinet to show off your precious knick-knacks. Date: 18th century

Cartier workshop 1957, mounting brooch
A mounter at work in the Cartier workshop on the second floor of the firms New Bond Street headquarters in London. The mounter uses tweezers to place gemstones on the brooch

WWI Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap
The Army Brooch. First World War Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap, with semi-precious stones. Commemorative Ware

WWI Army Brooch, on its original presentation card
The Army Brooch, on its original presentation card. First World War Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap, with semi-precious stones. Commemorative Ware

Young Kabyle Woman with headdress of Jewellery - Algeria, North Africa. The Kabyle People are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: 1914

Verdite head
African head carved in verdite by James Tandi. Verdite is also known as Africas Green Gold and is a member of the Silicates mineral group

Diamond crystal
Natural diamond crystal in Kimberlite from Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberlite is the rock in which diamonds occur. The rock was named after the the South African site, Kimberley

Justinian Code. ca. 1350. Money changer and trade of precious stones. Byzantine art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. National Library of the Turin University

Gold Escort leaving for Melbourne, Australia
The Gold Escort leaving Castlemaine Camp in Victoria, Australia, for Melbourne

Gold washing at Tucapel, Bio Bio, Chile, South America
Gold washing or sluicing at Tucapel, Bio Bio region, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1900

St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Leeds
Staff and inmates on the steps of St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Claypit Lane, Leeds. The home was run by the Oblate Sisters of the Precious Blood

Charlemagnes Crown and Crown of St. Cunigunde
1. The German crown named after Charlemagne, dating from the 12th century. It consists of eight small plates (not all othe same size) of gold leaf, joined together

Christiania, North West Province, South Africa
Vaal River diggings, Christiania, a diamond town in North West Province, South Africa. Date: 1907

Treasure Trove diggings, North West Province, South Africa
Water station (mobile water supply) at Treasure Trove diamond diggings near Lichtenburg, North West Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1927

Ferreira gold bars, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ferreira gold bars from the Ferreira Deep mine, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, South Africa - Engine Chamber (9th level) - depth 1275 feet. Date: circa 1911

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Torah crown inlaid with semiprecious stones. Poland, ca. 1729. Silver, repousse?, cast, punched, engraved, and partly gilt, semiprecious stones. Inscribed in Hebrew with words from Proverbs

Custody of gilded silver decorated with precious stones. 178
Custody of gilded silver decorated with precious stones who rich ladies of Amsterdam gave the monks of the Church of The Sapling, Amsterdam. By Jacques Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Caters. 1782-1798

Cabinet, c. 1660-1670. Augsburg. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Severus of Barcelona. 3th-4th centuries. Gothic altarpiece
Severus of Barcelona. 3th-4th centuries. Bishop of Barcelona. Gothic altarpiece. 15th century

Gold bracelets. Early Bronze Age. 1700-1100 BC
Smooth and spiral bracelets in gold. Early Bronze Age, 1700-1100 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Coffer of agates. Spain
Coffer of agates. 11th century. Made in silver and decorated with agates. From the Collegiate Church of Saint Isidore of Leon. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Venetian Reliquary 15C
An Italian reliquary, probably Venetian. Date: late 15th century

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

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