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Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
Find Out MoreA really charming pale pink enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery. and rose diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... heart on the original woven gold chain. It was made in my favourite period ,the EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914). era, circa 1900-1910. The heart has been enamelled in the GuillochéAn engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive patterns or design is mechanically etched into an underlying material with very fine detail. Specifically, it involves a technique of engine turning, called guilloché in French after the French engineer “Guillot”, who invented a machine “that could scratch fine patterns and designs on... style which is a symmetrical pattern engraving technique produced by a mechanical engine-turning tableThe large facet on the crown of a faceted gemstone..
It was Carl Fabergé who first combined the technique of guilloché with enamel during the fin-de-siècle.
Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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