Mapamenos Natepas
Mapamenos Natepas is a Greek jewelry designer. The majority of items found by this maker tend to be made of gold and usually have a Greek theme to them although…
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Demi-Parure
A demi-parure is a part set of jewelry as opposed to a full set known as a parure. The term can be confusing because the set could be a complete…
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Chalcedony Flowers
Chalcedony Flowers. Chalcedony is a translucent variety of quartz of various colors and waxy luster. The most common colors seen are white to gray, grayish-blue or a shade of brown…
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Mother of Pearl
Mother of pearl or nacre, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is also the material of which pearls are composed. Mother…
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Gordon King
Gordon King was born in 1939 and studied life drawing and painting at Reading University. His paintings of girls in natural surroundings are his trademark and the popularity of his…
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Yellow Gold
Yellow gold is the most natural colored gold. Gold in it's natural form is yellow but pure gold is very soft so is often mixed with other metals. Depending on…
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Diamonds
Diamonds have been treasured as gemstones since their use as religious icons in ancient India. Their usage in engraving tools also dates to early human history. The popularity of diamonds…
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Emeralds
Emeralds, like all colored gemstones, are graded using four basic parameters–the four Cs of connoisseurship: color, clarity, cut and carat weight. Normally, in the grading of colored gemstones, color is by far the most important criterion. However,…
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Pave Set
Pavé Set refers to the placing of tiny gemstones tightly together in order to form an illusion of there being no setting holding them in place.
Moccasins
Moccasins are shoes, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather,…