The History of Diamond Grading: How a Century Changed Carat, Color, and Clarity
How a trade that ran on eye and reputation learned to write quality down — from "first water" to GIA's D-to-Z scale...
Read → 14 Oct 2026 · Suffragette JewelrySuffragette Jewelry: The Colors, the Holloway Brooch, and the "Give Women the Vote" Legend
The green-white-violet "Give Women the Vote" story is a popular legend; the documented history of suffragette jewelry, from the Holloway brooch to...
Read → 14 Oct 2026 · House HistoryThe History of Tiffany & Co.: Charles Lewis Tiffany and the House of the Blue Box
From a Broadway stationer's shop in 1837 to the Tiffany Diamond, the six-prong setting and the blue box, the history of Tiffany...
Read → 13 Oct 2026 · Romanov jewelsThe Lost Romanov Jewels: Sewn Into Corsets, Scattered by Revolution
From diamonds stitched into the Grand Duchesses' clothing to the 1925 Fersman inventory and the 1927 Christie's sale, the documented story of...
Read → 13 Oct 2026 · Gem LoreOpal Superstition: How a Novel Turned a Lucky Gem Unlucky
The opal was prized for centuries, then branded unlucky in the nineteenth century — a reversal usually blamed on a single novel,...
Read → 13 Oct 2026 · CastellaniArchaeological Revival Jewelry: The Castellani Family Who Resurrected Ancient Rome
How a Roman family of goldsmiths studied Etruscan tombs and the Campana collection, chased the lost secret of granulation, and gave the...
Read → 12 Oct 2026 · British Crown JewelsThe British Crown Jewels: Colonel Blood, the Cullinan and the Koh-i-Noor
A working regalia, a flattened crown and a pardoned thief: the documented history of the British Crown Jewels and their most famous...
Read → 12 Oct 2026 · Buyer GuideHow to Buy Estate Jewelry: A First-Time Buyer's Guide
A curator's guide to how to buy estate jewelry — what the term means, how to judge provenance, condition, stones, and marks,...
Read → 12 Oct 2026 · Designer LegendRené Lalique: From the Jeweled Dragonfly to Molded Glass
René Lalique remade the jewel in horn, glass and plique-à-jour enamel at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, then carried the same vision into...
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