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Author : Mabel McMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Jet (Precious stone)
ISBN : 0951875906
Author : Helen Muller,Katy Muller
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0747807310
Jet, a hard, black, shiny gem closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewelry and trinkets for generations. During the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. Although jet is found elsewhere in the world, it is the jet from Whitby that excites collectors to such an extent that even jet jewelry manufactured elsewhere is often called Whitby Jet. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry, examining different types and styles of jet jewelry, and pictures the work of some of the best-known Whitby craftsmen.
Author : Victoria Finlay
Publisher : Sceptre
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781399716703
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' Spectator Amber is the tears of prehistoric trees. One gem links Queen Victoria and a skeleton. Cleopatra drank a pearl to win a bet. A man turned into a diamond. When we put on jewels, what are we really wearing? Victoria Finlay travels the world to tell the true stories of these miraculous oddities of nature. 'Filled with eye-catching incidents and stories . . . Finlay's evidence glitters from every page' Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating and exhaustive travelogue' Times Literary Supplement
Author : Victoria Finlay
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345466952
Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth. With the same intense curiosity and narrative flair she displayed in her widely-praised book Color, Finlay journeys from the underground opal churches of outback Australia to the once pearl-rich rivers of Scotland; from the peridot mines on an Apache reservation in Arizona to the remote ruby mines in the mountains of northern Burma. She risks confronting scorpions to crawl through Cleopatra’s long-deserted emerald mines, tries her hand at gem cutting in the dusty Sri Lankan city where Marco Polo bartered for sapphires, and investigates a rumor that fifty years ago most of the world’s amber was mined by prisoners in a Soviet gulag. Jewels is a unique and often exhilarating voyage through history, across cultures, deep into the earth’s mantle, and up to the glittering heights of fame, power, and wealth. From the fabled curse of the Hope Diamond, to the disturbing truths about how pearls are cultured, to the peasants who were once executed for carrying amber to the centuries-old quest by magicians and scientists to make a perfect diamond, Jewels tells dazzling stories with a wonderment and brilliance truly worthy of its subjects.
Author : Helen Rappaport
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429940924
As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the queen's obsessive love for her husband – a story that began as fairy tale and ended in tragedy. After the untimely death of Prince Albert, the queen and her nation were plunged into a state of grief so profound that this one event would dramatically alter the shape of the British monarchy. For Britain had not just lost a prince: during his twenty year marriage to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert had increasingly performed the function of King in all but name. The outpouring of grief after Albert's death was so extreme, that its like would not be seen again until the death of Princess Diana 136 years later. Drawing on many letters, diaries and memoirs from the Royal Archives and other neglected sources, as well as the newspapers of the day, Rappaport offers a new perspective on this compelling historical psychodrama--the crucial final months of the prince's life and the first long, dark ten years of the Queen's retreat from public view. She draws a portrait of a queen obsessed with her living husband and – after his death – with his enduring place in history. Magnificent Obsession will also throw new light on the true nature of the prince's chronic physical condition, overturning for good the 150-year old myth that he died of typhoid fever.
Author : Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780195313918
"The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars." "Similar in design to The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, this one-volume reference work contains articles of various lengths in alphabetical order. The shorter, more factual articles are combined with larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of materials and techniques in various geographical locations. The Encyclopedia provides unparalleled scope and depth, and it offers fully updated articles and bibliography as well as over 150 illustrations and color plates." "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques offers scholarly information on materials and techniques in art for anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art. The entries are written to be accessible to a wide range of readers, and the work is designed as a reliable and convenient resource covering this essential area in the visual arts."
Author : Peter Borsay,John K. Walton
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845411978
Resorts and Ports draws together a group of case-studies which for the first time explore the changing relationships between port and resort activities in a cross-section of European maritime settings over three centuries. The book will interest academics in tourism studies, history, geography and cultural studies, as well as providing essential information and analysis for policy makers in coastal regeneration.
Author : Pete Wilson,Jennifer Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785704178
At the frontiers of the Roman Empire, military settlements had a profound influence on local crafting traditions. Legions were not just fighting units - they contained a large number of craftsmen, and the fortress would have been a centre of manufacturing activity. A timber legionary fortress, for example, required vast numbers of nails, many of which would have been made by legionary smiths on site, and an army of thousands would require many more pots, shoes and tents than could be produced by local domestic potters and leather workers. But can all developments in local craft and industry be seen as a result of the appearance of the Roman army? The ten papers in this volume focus on craft production in Roman Yorkshire, and the evidence for the role of the army in local manufacturing activities. Several papers examine broad questions surrounding the organisation and scale of production in urban and rural areas. Others consider the local evidence for individual materials and production processes, including those associated with pottery, glass, copper alloys, non-ferrous metals, leather, jet, and building stone.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:P203201508007
Author : Alan Whitworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Industries
ISBN : 1871150353
Author : Alan Staniforth
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781781315033
The Cleveland Way winds for over a hundred miles around the North York Moors National Park, from the ancient moorland town of Helmsley to finish on the seafront at Filey. Along the way it takes in splendid coastal towns and villages like Staithes and Whitby, wild empty heather moorland, a blaze of purple in late-summer, dramatic coastline and clifftops, and stunning historic sites like Rievaulx Abbey. Whether you're interested in the industrial history of ironstone mining, or a weekend stroller seeking a coastal walk from the seaside resort of Scarborough, this book, published in association with Natural England which waymarks the National Trails, is the only companion you need.
Author : Tom Holman
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907666353
From Yorkshire Day to terriers, pudding, and more—discover fascinating facts about this storied corner of England with this treasure trove of trivia. Do you know what a Yorkshire Fat Rascal is? Where to find the Land of Nod? Which three Prime Ministers were born in Yorkshire? Or who Yorkshire’s real Calendar Girls are? The answers are all in A Yorkshire Miscellany—an entertaining guide to this much-loved part of England and a celebration of its people, places, history and quirks. Learn the lingo of Yorkshire dialect and how to cook specialties like Yorkshire Pudding, Parkin and Curd Tart. Discover the secrets of building a dry stone wall and uncover the Yorkshire locations of famous films and TV shows. Understand the history of famous Yorkshire icons like the flat cap and the Yorkshire terrier, and read about the lives of the greatest ever Yorkshiremen and women. A Yorkshire Miscellany is crammed with intriguing facts and figures—a fascinating treasure trove to delight Yorkshire natives and visitors alike.
Author : charles dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555067821
Author : [Anonymus AC07850923]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Businessmen
ISBN : NLI:1032392-10
A guide to the industries and merchants of Yorkshire, illustrated with numerous wood engravings.
Author : Douglas Palmer,Hermione Cockburn
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781407024998
Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution. Since the appearance of primitive organisms in Britain more than a billion years ago, oceans, deserts, swamps and vast mountains have come and gone in our corner of western Europe; forests of long-extinct trees, flowers and grasses have covered the land, and dinosaurs and other strange creatures have roamed across it. How do we know? The evidence is all around us - in the rocks and fossils that lie beneath the landscape. In this highly informative and practical book, which accompanies the BBC series, presenter Hermione Cockburn and renowned palaeontologist Douglas Palmer take an in-depth look at the most exciting fossil stories from around the country. When and why were dinosaur fossils first discovered in Britain? How was the biggest fish ever to have swum in the sea unearthed near Peterborough? What do modern medical techniques have to offer fossil hunters? Packed with colour photographs and illustrations, Fossils Detectives is full of surprising facts and features. And for those who want to try their hand at some fossil detecting of their own, the book includes an extensive regional gazetteer of fossil-hunting sites and places to visit, and guidance on identifying your fossil finds. Get ready for some time travel around Britain, with the Fossil Detectives!
