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Armada Jewel

For the love of pearls in jewellery….

May 28, 2024

art, culture, genealogy

Anne of Bohemia, Armada Jewel, conrad ii, crowns, Elizabeth I, Ghent, ghent altarpiece, hat brooch, Holy Roman Empire, jan van eyck, jewellery, munich treasury, pearls, Richard II, Richard III

As you can read here—A Brief History of Pearls -Story of Pearls, Facts about Pearls (americanpearl.com)—pearls have found favour with mankind for a very long time, and rightly so, for they are truly beautiful. That sheen. That cool-yet-warm glow. That delicate shade of….of whichever pearl you happen to be admiring at the time. For they…
The Fabulous Cheapside Hoard….

Dec 3, 2018

art, television reviews

Armada, Armada Jewel, BBC, Cheapside Hoard, Cleopatra, documentaries, Great Fire of London, Isis, jewellery, Nicholas Hilliard, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, St. Paul’s, William Howard Viscount Stafford

I have just watched a fascinating BBC documentary from 2013, concerning the amazing hoard of 17th-Century (and earlier) jewels that was found in Cheapside at the beginning of the 20th Century. The documentary is called Secret Knowledge: The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard, and was presented by modern jeweller, Shaun Leane. You can see…