History of Jewelry: books, links, and articles.
The history of jewelry is fascinating, and I hope these pages will help you increase your knowledge. There are sections for Jewelry books: Costume, Collectible, & Miriam Haskell, fun books on jewelry, and links to other websites that sell collectible jewelry.
The Jewelry History - Links page can help you to research jewelry. It brings together sites that explain jewelry terms, silver marks & maker's marks, help to identify colored gem stones, cameo jewelry, let you look up patent numbers, and has links to jewelry discussion forums.
There are also links to two companies that repair costume jewelry. Gem Products does laser repairs on costume as well as sterling silver jewelry. The repairs may help salvage what would otherwise be unusable jewelry. It's amazing what can be done nowadays.
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