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3 unusual facts about jewellery


Devoleena Bhattacharjee

While working with Gili as a Jewellery designer, she signed a contract in Colors TV for a new show "KUDESAN" but the show was scrapped due to the policy changes of the channel.

Family Jewels

Jewellery, a form of personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets

Juan Marsé

At age 14 he started to publish some of his writings in Insula magazine and in a cinema magazine while working as an apprentice jeweller.


1950 Barisal Riots

The Hindu jewellery shops were looted in the presence of police officers.

Alexander III Commemorative

The Alexander III Commemorative egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1909, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Architectonic jewellery

All three articles touch upon different aspects of architectonic jewellery, the concept of scale and proportion in relation to the body, the Modernist/Constructivist influence and through citing examples of jewellers, the different manifestations of architectural expression within jewellery.

Art of the Upper Paleolithic

There is evidence for some craft specialization, and the transport over considerable distances of materials such as stone and, above all marine shells, much used for jewellery and probably decorating clothes, which have been found from Mediterranean species at Gönnersdorf, over 1,000 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast.

Arul Pragasam

Arul Pragasam is the father of jewellery designer, Kali Arulpragasam, musician/filmmaker/visual artist, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (better known by her stage name, M.I.A.) and Sugu Arulpragasam.

Atkinsons

The store has been trading for over 130 years and sells a broad range of merchandise including clothing, furnishings, lighting, gifts, jewellery, toys, cookers and televisions.

Banda district

Banda is famous for its Shajar stone, used for making jewellery, and the historically and architecturally significant sites Khajuraho and Kalinjar.

Beaurains

However, a silver candelabra, gold coins and some jewellery from the treasure are in the British Museum.

Bhima Bhattar

His quest of producing new Jewellery items and honest practices ensured the rapid growth of his business, especially 22 carat Gold jewellery become the beacon of trust.

Blue book

The CIBJO World Jewellery Confederation Blue Book is a three-part publication outlining terminology, classification and ethical guidelines for coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls

Burlington Arcade

The sedate atmosphere of the Burlington Arcade was interrupted in 1964 when a Jaguar Mark X charged down the arcade, scattering pedestrians, and six masked men leapt out, smashed the windows of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Association shop and stole jewellery valued at £35,000.

Canadian Jewellers Association

The fund was set up by CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, in cooperation with the United Nations.

Caroline Scheufele

She is the Artistic Director and Co-President of Chopard, the Swiss-based luxury watches and jewellery manufacturer.

Castle Kastellaun

A reconstruction of the wagon burial discovered in Bell in 1938, remains of Celtic pottery, fibulæ and jewellery, and a model of a Roman legionary's helmet convey an impression of how our ancestors once lived.

Cheapside Hoard

A small red intaglio stone seal bears the arms of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, dating the burial of the hoard between his ennoblement in November 1640 and the Great Fire of London in September 1666, which destroyed the buildings above.

The location, a row of houses on the south of Cheapside, to the east of St Paul's Cathedral and to the west of St Mary-le-Bow, was owned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and was known as Goldsmith's Row, was formerly the centre of the manufacture and sale of gold and jewellery in medieval London.

Debbie Dingle

Kris Green of Digital Spy said that he thought the jewellery heist storyline was inspired by the 2000 Millennium Diamond heist.

Diamond clarity

The CIBJO or the International Confederation of Jewellery, Silverware, Diamonds and Stones developed the International Clarity Scale for grading diamonds.

Diamond Princess

Princess cut diamond, a popular style of cutting a diamond for jewellery

Edward Goodland

In civilian life, he was one of the six employees who were left in charge of the antique furniture and jewellery company Mallett & Son by the company founder in 1930, and he became both chairman and managing director.

F. Hinds

In 2008, F Hinds joined the Responsible Jewellery Council, an international not-for-profit organisation established to reinforce consumer confidence in the jewellery industry by advancing responsible business practices throughout the supply chain, and in August 2011 they were one of the first members to become fully accredited following an independent audit.

Francis Stuart

Ian Stuart went on to become an artist and was married for a time to the sculptor Imogen Stuart and later to the Berlin-trained artist and jewellery designer Anna Stuart 7 who he first met in 1970.

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Gerald Ratner

Ratner now runs, in collaboration with SB&T International Ltd, an export manufacturing company based in India and the online jewellery business Gerald Online.

Hatton Garden

In 1962, Lawrence Graff of Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond fame, opened the first retail jewellery store here.

Hei-tiki

Several actors who have recently appeared in high-profile movies filmed in New Zealand have come back wearing such jewellery, including Viggo Mortensen of The Lord of the Rings fame who took to wearing a hei matau around his neck.

Holbeinesque jewellery

Such designs were inspired by the art of Hans Holbein the Younger, and were often copied from jewellery depicted in Holbein's portraits of Tudor ladies from the court of Henry VIII by jewellers such as John Brogden and his fellow worker, Carlo Giuliano.

House of Yusupov

He took with him some of his most precious paintings by Rembrandt and jewellery.

James O'Donovan

In February 1988, a Today Tonight report identified Cahill as the man behind the O'Donovan bomb plot, the Beit robbery, and the robbery of O'Connors jewellery depot.

Juhor

3rd century BC findings in Veliki Vetren including a chest containing some 14 sets of weapons, harness gear, jewellery and clothing accessories characteristic of knights of Dacian and Scordisci origin.

Kate Bliss

Bliss specialises in jewellery and silver, and is a fellow of the Great Britain Gemmological Association.

Manchester School of Art

When founded, the school promoted the Arts and Crafts movement's philosophy and its collection includes metalwork, jewellery, wallpapers, a tapestry made by Morris & Co. designed by Edward Burne-Jones, Whitefriars glass by James Powell and Sons and George Henry Walton, silverware by Charles Robert Ashbee and ceramics from Pilkington's Art Pottery.

Mazlo

Since the early 70's, the house is based in Paris and headed by Robert Mazloum said "Mazlo." Goldsmith and jeweler, he revives the family’s traditions by creating one off bespoke jewellery pieces.

Nicola Sanders

In December 2011, Sanders was one of 12 British female sporting celebrities who posed for Clara Maidment a charity calendar in aid of Wellbeing of Women, in the lingerie of Nichole de Carle, wearing jewellery by Salima Hughes and Coster Diamonds.

One Dangerous Night

Meanwhile, Cooper, an unprofessed criminal, is carrying out a scheme to loot the jewellery of select wealthy persons — namely, Jane Merrick (Monia Barrie), Sonia Budenny (Tala Birell) and Andrews.

Patricia Schmid

She also spent some of this time designing her own jewellery and making pieces for friends like Guinevere Van Seenus and Milagros Schmoll.

Pink Panthers

Before robbing a jewellery store in Biarritz, the gang covered a nearby bench in fresh paint to deter anyone from sitting on it and seeing them in action.

Ranger's House

However the larger part of it consists of an eclectic mix of decorative art, including Renaissance jewellery, medieval, Byzantine and Renaissance ivories, tapestries, furniture and Sèvres porcelain, as well as a life size marble sculpture by Bergonzoli of an angel kissing a semi-nude woman entitled "The Love of Angels".

Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio

The ruins were first excavated in 1962, yielding hundreds of coins and well as ceramics, bronze works, Assyrian and Egyptian glass works, as well as some jewellery and a statue of Eros.

Smith and Pepper

The firm made a wide range of jewellery, notably swallow designs, popular during the World Wars and Egyptian style snake designs, after Egyptologist Howard Carter made ancient Egypt fashionable.

St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta

The commissioned artists included Sydney sculptor Anne Ferguson (who worked in stone), Tasmanian designer Kevin Perkins (who worked in timber), and Sydney sculptor and jewellery designer Robin Blau (who worked in metal).

Staatliche Antikensammlungen

An outstanding example for antique jewellery is the gold Funerary Garland from Armento (4th century BC).

Suttukeni

Jewellery from Suttukeny, dated to the 2nd century BCE, is on display at the Musée Guimet in Paris.

The Simpsons Arcade Game

As the Simpson Family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, take a stroll through town, they encounter a jewellery store being robbed by Waylon Smithers, who bumps into Homer, leading a precious diamond he stole to land in Maggie's mouth.

The Strand Arcade

The Strand houses Australian designer labels such as Alannah Hill, Alex Perry, Jayson Brunsdon, Victoria Buckley Jewellery, Terry Biviano and Fleur Wood.

Truus van Aalten

Her claim to be related to Anton Chekhov was true, but she also loved to spin the most amazing yarns about her early life: she was close to Tsar Nicholas II, had met Rasputin and had fled the Revolution disguised as a mute peasant woman, hiding her jewellery in her mouth.

Turl Street

While it is dominated by the three Turl Street colleges, the street houses several shops, including a sports shop, a bar and restaurant (the Turl Street Kitchen), a costume-magic shop, an Oxfam shop, a number of jewellery and memorabilia shops, a cafe, a news agent/general store, a whisky shop, a shoe shop (Duckers, featured in Atonement), a picture-framing workshop, and the traditional gentleman's tailors, Walters of Oxford.

Wellbeing of Women

Twelve British female sporting celebrities who posed in the lingerie of Nichole de Carle, wearing jewellery by Salima Hughes and Coster Diamonds.


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