Metals category: 105 books
Pearls of Wisdom
An Educational Guide to Pearls
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
"Pearls are precious water gems with natural beauty that glistens in the light. They are the only gems on the planet that are created naturally by living creatures. This makes them one of the purest, organically created gemstones on the market. Through the ages, pearls have been known as gems for...
by Louis Blanc
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Antique lovers, architecture buffs, and graphic artists will treasure this magnificent collection of decorative French ironwork designs — all of them authentic examples from the celebrated ornamental ironwork of Bordeaux. Over 1,500 handsome black-and-white illustrations depict painstakingly rendered...
Jade Life
An Englishman's love affair with China's national treasure
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Jade is often thought of as something ancient and gathering dust in museums, but in China it is a vibrant part of modern life. More jade has been carved this century than in the rest of human history combined. For Chinese people, jade represents everything that is pure and noble, and Andrew Shaw gave...
La collezione di argenti sacri della chiesa di Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi in Roma
A colecção de prataria sacra da Igreja de Santo António dos Portugueses em Roma
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Não sendo nosso objectivo, com este breve estudo, empreender uma análise exaustiva de todas as peças de prata de carácter sacro pertencentes à igreja de Santo António dos Portugueses em Roma, pretendemos porém efectuar uma primeira abordagem de tal acervo, de molde a trazê-lo ao conhecimento...
Kartenspielerfiguren 4
Der vierte Band zu ungewöhnlichen Sammelobjekten mit Hinwendung zum Thema Spielen
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Im vierten Band der Kartenspielerfiguren wird diese kleine Serie, die bisher rund 40 Figurengruppen vorgestellt hat, um weitere 19 Arrangements von meist Zinnfiguren ergänzt. Neben der Anschaffung der Figurengruppen, die zuerst im "Historicum" in Schmalkalden gesehen wurden, gibt es diesmal nach...
Dictionnaire des Pierres précieuses fines et ornementales
Les Dictionnaires d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Le Dictionnaire des Pierres précieuses fines et ornementales parcourt, en une centaine d’articles empruntés à l’Encyclopaedia Universalis, un vaste domaine où les arts décoratifs et l’industrie s’entrecroisent sur un solide fond de sciences de la Terre. Classés alphabétiquement d’Agate...
Hidden Within the Bling
Sequel of The Ethical Business Woman
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Socialite, Noel Noirty, suspects that her dashing husband is having an affair. Not only is she devastated, but she realizes that her status in the community is due to her husband's yacht dealership and not by her own contributions. Unwilling to confide to her gossipty friends, she turns to an unlikely...