Gems and Jewels

A major new catalogue from Royal Collection
Publications, Ancient and Modern Gems and
Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty
The Queen
, is published this autumn. Spanning
over 2,000 years of jewellery history, it is the
first comprehensive study of the cameos,
intaglios, jewels and insignia in the Royal
Collection from the ‘ancient’ (pre-Renaissance)
and ‘modern’ (16th to 19th century) periods.

 

Ancient and Medieval Cameos
Ancient Intaglios
Cameos of mythological, ancient historical and biblical figures
Cameos of mythological, ancient historical and biblical scenes
Cameos of modern historical figures
Cameos of animals
Intaglios of mythological, ancient historical and biblical figures
Intaglios of modern historical figures
Jewels
Insignia
Objects of vertu
 

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