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First Print 1998 Illustrated Jewelry Catalog 1892 The New England Jeweler

Name: First Print 1998 Illustrated Jewelry Catalog 1892 The New England Jeweler
Brand: Aurorarity
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Illustrated Jewelry Catalog 1892

The New England Jeweler

Fascinating images of 19th Century Jewelry along with pricing (see pics)

* First Print 1998(of original) rare!

Cover design by Fran Newman

ISBN 0486402967

450 grams

8.5 by 11 inches

160pp

paperbound/softcover

Please note: * This is a reprint of an original catalog from the 1892 version. This particular book is much harder to find than the subsequent printing published in 2012.

The following information is stated on the back cover:

This hard-to-find catalog of jewelry from the Gilded Age offers a rare and generous look at the 19th century taste in diamonds, watches, and all manner of rings, lockets, charms, scarf and stick pins, earrings, bracelets, and scores of other fine baubles.

According to Google: This rare catalog amply illustrates late-19th-century taste in diamonds, watches, and all manner of rings, lockets, and charms, scarf and stick pins, earrings, bracelets, and more. Over 2,200 engravings depict a variety of trinkets including ladies' gold brooch pins and sterling silver hair pins, gentlemen's engraved cuff and collar buttons, and much more