Masterpieces of European Jewellery Art in the Hermitage
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2010. Sewn cl. The term "jewelry" in the title is used in the broad sense of any object of decorative or practical use incorporating gold, silver, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, rock crystal, glass, enamel in its design. Chalices and bible covers, a cup belonging to Anne of Cleves, a German figurine of a workman thought to have been acquired by Peter the Great, Catherine the Great's traveling utensils of gold and blue enamel; a snuffbox adorned with diamonds; a figurine of a halberdier from Dresden; a cup of gold, rock crystal, and rubies from sixteenth-centruy Italy; and a snuffbox made of gold, tortoiseshell, and glass suggest the variety of works. Their origins are Russian and Western European, especially France, Germany, and England. 132 p., 30 cm, approx. 300 color illus., ENGLISH. Item #3924
ISBN: 9785935723675
Price: $83.00