ANGLO-SAXON JEWELLERY
by JESSUP, RONALD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- lightly rubbed dustjacket.
- Seller
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1950. Contents: 1). Preface. 2). Introduction. 3). Notes on the plates. 4). Appendix. 5). Index. With 4 coloured plates, 40 monochrome plates and 11 figures in the text. Mr. Jessup discusses fully the wide variety of Anglo-Saxon jewels and the domestic and social background against which they are set. He traces the literary story of their appeal to collectors, and considers in this connection the activities of the early antiquaries typified by the Kentish parson-squire, Bryan Faussett. Technical processes and the metals and precious stones used in the jewellery are described, and some attention paid to its place in the wider aspect of art in Saxon times and especially in the Dark Ages. 148 pag. text.. 1st edition. Red cloth/goldprint. lightly rubbed dustjacket. . 25,5cmx16cm.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013463
- Title
- ANGLO-SAXON JEWELLERY
- Author
- JESSUP, RONALD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - lightly rubbed dustjacket.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- juwelen jewels faussett sutton hoo gold silver kingston kent rings buckles brooches pins necklaces glass enamel fllegree garnet sarre goldsmith shell
- Size
- 25,5cmx16cm
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Festina Lente
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