The parure (a French word for jewelry set) was still the height of fashion not only in London, Paris and…
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Royal Wedding, Birmingham & Beyoncé – Visiting the Capital of British Jewelry
Jewels everywhere! Yesterday on my bike in search of treasures in town, passing through the Cambridge market square I…
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When in England, Buy English
Living in Cambridge UK for the year, I come across the most incredible things – I mean, how can…
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Khlebnikov and Surviving the Melting Pot
When you consider the huge volume of silver and treasures that was melted down by the Bolsheviks in the…
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Russian Gold Pen by Friedrich Köchli, St. Petersburg, 1890s
I bought this pen not knowing who made it. I knew it was Russian and that it was made before…
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