This lavishly illustrated book explores the history of tiaras, showcasing stunning photographs of royal and imperial pieces, including designs by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. With over 400 illustrations, it delves into tiaras as crown jewels, works of art, and their connection to costume balls, captivating fashion and history enthusiasts alike.
Southwold is a nostalgic place where childhood memories are made from sunny holidays beside the sea, colored beach huts lining the shore and the delicate pier straddling the waves to the North Sea. This book focuses on the social and artistic elements that enrich the community, featuring everyone from Shakespeare to Damien Hirst. --
The book shows splendid rings, brooches and necklaces, exquisitely worked by master craftsmen with hearts and arrows, intertwined initials, vines, flowers and other symbolic motifs, all showing the special language known to lovers. Most of these radiant jewels also have a fascinating story behind them, and the author tells all that is known about their origin: the giver and the receiver, the designer, and above all the deeper meaning of the piece.
A Touch of Gold is the life and work of Antiques Roadshow presenter and jewellery expert Geoffrey Munn.