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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art (1997). Pages: 150. Major types of Greek and Etruscan jewelry from the seventh to the first centuries B.C. are well represented, ... morealong with a few Roman imperial works.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$11.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Pages: 384. The book features jewelry ranging from the splendid crowns of ancient Greece, gold earrings from Babylon, and jeweled collars worn by 13th-century ... moreIslamic royalty to more modern pieces such as those contained in the imperial collection of Queen Louise of Prussia, Art Nouveau jewelry designed by René Lalique, and work by contemporary designers.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States Together they illustrate the long history of the practice from about 3000 BC to the 19th century AD. She includes black-and-white photographs of all of ... morethem and color photographs of 20 [Book News]. A few famous examples of ancient Greek jewelry, such as an earring in the form of a siren, is a charming example of Greek jeweler's modeling.
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$9.97 Shipping Condition: Used Location: LONDON, United Kingdom 'The Peat Bogs of Coesfeld'. Title of map:'The Peat Bogs of Coesfeld'. Antique engraved sketch map, 1885. DATE PRINTED: 1885. TYPE: Antique engraved sketch ... moremap. The image below shows an enlarged cross section from the centre of the map to show the level of printed detail.
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$9.97 Shipping Condition: Used Location: LONDON, United Kingdom 'The Alluvial Lands and Peat Bogs of the Netherlands'. Title of map:'The Alluvial Lands and Peat Bogs of the Netherlands'. Antique engraved sketch map, ... more1885. DATE PRINTED: 1885. TYPE: Antique engraved sketch map.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Two Superb Quality Semi-Precious ... moreDark Honey Amber Semi-Precious Gemstone Cabochons. CLASSIFICATION: Round Baltic“Honey” Amber Semi-Precious Gemstones. ATTRIBUTION: 19th Century Kaliningrad. Russia. SIZE/DIMENSIONS: Diameter: 6 millimeters. Thickness: 3 1/4millimeters. Weight: 0.81 carats(the pair) NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstones as a ring. Pendant, or as earrings(click for more information) DETAIL: The fossilized resin known as“amber” gives a pine tree aroma when burned and in ancient Egypt as well as in India amber was used as an incense in religious ceremonies to purify the surrounding area. The ancient Egyptians also often utilized amber in the mummification process. In ancient Greece amber was thought to be drops from the sun. Broken off and fallen in the ocean. In Greek Mythology amber was the tears of the Heliade Sisters, who had been turned in to black poplars by Zeus who was furious over the fact that they were crying over the death of their brother, Phaethon, son of Helios, who was killed by Zeus for driving his sun chariot too close to earth, and setting it ablaze. In Norse Mythology, Amber was sacred to the Goddess Freya, whose magic girdle“Brisingamen” was carved from the stone. It was widely used in rituals to encourage passion or fertility. Celebrating this cultural legacy here are two beautiful. Fine grade antique gemstone quality dark“honey” or“golden” colored Baltic Sea amber cabochons, hand-crafted by a 19th century Russian artisan, part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia. Throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe, in fact even going back in time to the ancient Mediterranean world, amber gemstones were widely employed in the construction of jewelry. Throughout Renaissance and Victorian Europe amber pendants were principally manufactured in the
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$7.00 Shipping Location: Cincinnati, United States This very interesting map of the Solway Moss with Long town and vicinit was published in the Feb. issue of the Gentleman's Magazine in 1779. The famous ... morepeat bog [located between the border of Scotland and England near Longtown of Cumberland] was nicely depicted with its contemporary border in the late 18th century.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Superb Quality Semi-Precious ... moreDark Cognac Amber Semi-Precious Gemstone Cabochon. Contemporary High Quality Sterling Silver Ring(Size 7– Resizing Available) CLASSIFICATION: Round Baltic"Cognac" Amber Semi-Precious Gemstone. ATTRIBUTION: 19th Century Kaliningrad. Russia. SIZE/DIMENSIONS: Diameter: 10 millimeters. Thickness: 4 millimeters. Weight: 1.43 carats. NOTE: Resizing is available. If you would prefer a different setting style. Odds are we have many different setting styles available which would fit this stone(s) which could be substituted for no or very little additional cost. 14kt solid gold settings are also available. Write us for pictures and prices. NOTE: If you would like only the gemstone. And not the setting, we can dismount the gemstone and offer you the gemstone without the setting. Just let us know, and yes, we’ll discount the price by the cost of the setting. DETAIL: Stone Age peoples believed that amber contained the resting place of the spirit. Or soul, and that amber possessed supernatural properties. For this reason it was a very powerful material from which to fashion magical amulets. Here's a beautiful, fine grade antique gemstone quality"cognac" colored Baltic Sea amber cabochon, hand-crafted by a 19th century Russian artisan for use in indigenous jewelry. Throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe, in fact even going back in time to the ancient Mediterranean world, amber gemstones were widely employed in the construction of jewelry. Throughout Renaissance and Victorian Europe amber pendants were principally manufactured in the"Holyland" from Lebanese amber. However the finest jewelry was created using much more costly(and finer) fossilized Baltic Amber. This particular piece is of the rarer and more costly Baltic Amber. And of the Baltic Ambers, this is the most expensive variety(lemon yellow the least valuable, then golden honey, and fi
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$4.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States As with many societies, ancient Roman accessorizing varied along boundaries of gender and age, in addition to social standing. One choker-style necklace, ... moretwo bracelets, and multiple rings would be worn at once.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States This spectacular assemblage may have belonged to an important and wealthy woman in Ptolemaic Egypt. The author demonstrates how the symbolism of dynastic ... morepower plays a central role in the interpretation of each object and in understanding the assemblage as a whole.
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$4.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which ... morewere presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$11.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Cromwell (1991). Pages: 228. Jewellery in Moesia and Thrace During the Roman Period. REVIEW : What a remarkable book! Gorgeous photos, and ... morelots of them. Exquisite Roman jewelry from provincial Thrace and Moesia.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States Together they illustrate the long history of the practice from about 3000 BC to the 19th century AD. She includes black-and-white photographs of all of ... morethem and color photographs of 20 [Book News]. A few famous examples of ancient Greek jewelry, such as an earring in the form of a siren, is a charming example of Greek jeweler's modeling.
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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art (1997). Pages: 150. Major types of Greek and Etruscan jewelry from the seventh to the first centuries B.C. are well represented, ... morealong with a few Roman imperial works.
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$10.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States Most of these objects have never before been published, making this catalogue essential for the scholar. Where pertinent, bibliographic references and ... morecomparative material are cited. Graeco-Phoenician Scarabs.
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$17.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States The tone is set by the very first item in the catalog: a contemporary bust in the round of Queen Elizabeth as Hercules. Much jewelry depended for its ... moresplendor of effect chiefly upon its inlay of brilliantly colored stones, jaspers, agates, lapis lazuli.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Greek and Roman Jewellery(68 ... morePlates in Full Colour) by Filippo Coarelli. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover w/dustjacket(157 pages- 68 full color plates) Hamlyn/Cameo(1970) The history and jewelry wearing customs of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Sixty-Eight incredible color plates of ancient Greek and Roman Jewelry. Coffee Table Quality Reference(albeit small 8½*5½ inches) A fabulous reference! You’ll be thankful 100 times to have this book at your fingertips. The history and customs described are fascinating. The color pictures stunning. CONDITION: Hardcover w/dustjacket. Lightly browsed hardcover w/dustjacket. Pages are pristine; unblemished. Clean, crisp, unmutilated, bound very tightly, and unmarked. The book appears to have only been flipped through once or twice, and is"like new" except the top surface of closed page edges is slightly tanned and freckled(dust dinge/age spotting) however this is not only very faint, but also visible only when the pages are closed, not to individual pages, only to the mass of closed page edges) Otherwise exceptionally clean and exceptionally good condition. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. This is a wonderful. High quality book originally produced in the U.K. and Italy in English for distribution world wide. The full color plates are simply magnificent, and the images are of the most fabulous gold jewelry ever produced and uncovered from ancient Greece and Rome. It is a wonderful reference for those interested in the history of jewelry, and wonderful pictures for whose who just want to admire the incredible gold jewelry of these grand empires. There are pictures of many pieces which I have never seen before, except in pricey museum catalogs. Still a wonderful reference despite being originally produced in 1966, it is divided into five sections: The Geometric and Orientalising Periods; Archaic Greece and Etruria; The Cla
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Sasanian Gems. Graeco-Phoenician Scarabs. Etruscan Scarabs. Among the most popular objects made from faience, however, were the Shabti dolls which were ... moreplaced in the tombs of the dead. Most of these objects have never before been published, making this catalogue essential for the scholar.
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$11.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and silver objects dating back to the fifth and fourth centuries BC. From the banks of the River ... moreOxus, the entire hoard was, in due course, bequeathed to the British Museum.
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$12.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and silver objects dating back to the fifth and fourth centuries BC. From the banks of the River ... moreOxus, the entire hoard was, in due course, bequeathed to the British Museum.
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$4.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which ... morewere presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The author demonstrates how the symbolism of dynastic power plays a central role in the interpretation of each object and in understanding the assemblage ... moreas a whole. The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$11.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Cromwell (1991). Pages: 228. Jewellery in Moesia and Thrace During the Roman Period. REVIEW : What a remarkable book! Gorgeous photos, and ... morelots of them. Exquisite Roman jewelry from provincial Thrace and Moesia.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Minoan and Mycenaean Gems. Graeco-Phoenician Scarabs. Etruscan Scarabs. Near Eastern and Phoenician Seals. But little is known about the earlier period ... morearound 1500 B.C., when Mycenaean society was taking shape.
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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art (1997). Pages: 150. Major types of Greek and Etruscan jewelry from the seventh to the first centuries B.C. are well represented, ... morealong with a few Roman imperial works.
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$11.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and silver objects dating back to the fifth and fourth centuries BC. From the banks of the River ... moreOxus, the entire hoard was, in due course, bequeathed to the British Museum.
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$17.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States The tone is set by the very first item in the catalog: a contemporary bust in the round of Queen Elizabeth as Hercules. Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers ... more(2016). Pages: 320. One of the world’s finest assemblages of rings and gemstones, the Guy Ladrière Collection in Paris is of major importance both to the collector and the art historian.
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Pair of worked chert flint stones. Peat bog find.
Pair of worked chert flint. Found together in peat bog, on Merseyside. Found 24cm under the peat. Very unusual worked stones. The redder of the two stones measures 4.5cm in length. 3.5cm high and 3.2cm at it widest point. The smaller stone measures 4.8cm in length 3.6cm high and 3.2cm at its widest point.
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Prehistoric worked stone. Peat Bog find.
This worked stone(possibly basalt) Was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of(30cm) There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. It is 8cm in length 6cm high and 5.5cm at its widest point.
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Prehistoric flint. Peat Bog find.
This flint stone. Was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of(32cm) There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. It is 8.2cm in length 5cm high and 5.5cm at its widest point.
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Prehistoric carved Chert stone. Peat Bog find Very unusual.
This unusual stone. I believe it is chert a type of flint. It was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of 14 inches(36cm) There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. It is 7cm in length 4cm high and 3.5cm at its widest point.
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Prehistoric worked stone. Peat Bog find heavely marked.
This unusual stone. I believe it may be soap stone. It was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same marsh land. It has plenty of man made markings. The photographs do not show them up as well as your own eye. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of(40cm) Weight 398g There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts, fences, walls, tracks etc. It is 11.4cm in length 7.5cm high and 3.7cm at its widest point. The new owner of the stone will receive a detailed map of where it was located. RcmdId ViewItemDescV4,RlogId p4%60bo7%60jtb9%3Feog4d72f%2Bf7%60%3E-144d583a7b2-0x10d-
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Prehistoric carved stone head. Peat Bog find (very heavily carved.)
This unusual stone. Not sure what type it is, possibly grit stone? It was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of 39cm. There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. It is 8.5cm in length 3.2cm high and 2cm at its widest point. Weight 193g. Heavily carved stone. Much more to see on this stone with your own eye. Photos not to good. A detailed map of the location of the stone will be sent to the new owner.
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Prehistoric worked stone . Peat Bog find possibly part of structure.
This unusual heavy stone. Was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same marsh land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of 31cm. There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts, fences, walls, tracks etc. Dimensions: 12.4cm x 5.5cm x 5.1cm Weight: 551g The photographs are not the best the stone looks a lot better with your own eye.
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Prehistoric carved stone head. Museum standard. Peat Bog find Very unusual.
Fantastic museum standard. Carved stone head, possibly sandstone. It was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of 32cm. There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. Dimensions: 11cm x 6.5cm x 3.5cm. Weight: 269g
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Prehistoric carved stone head. Looks Celtish. Peat Bog find Very unusual.
This unusual large stone head. Was dug from a Peat bog, on the Merseyside Lancashire boarder. About 3 miles away from a official museum dig. The same tract of land. Looks Celtic but not sure. It was located prod searching(pressing a thin rod into the bog. And was at a depth of 30cm. There are no modern structures in the location. I.e posts walls tracks etc. Dimensions: 13cm x 8.5cm x 4.6cm. Weight: 993g This artefact may be a offerings of some description. Unfortunately the photographs do not show the markings on the stone very well. di,RcmdId ViewItemDescV4,RlogId p4%60bo7%60jtb9%3Fuk%601d72f%2Bishhov%3C%3Edi-145246e82ff-0x115-
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