RENAISSANCE JEWELRY

GOTHIC JEWELRY
 IT COVERS THE ART OF NIELLO, FILIGREE WORK, ENAMELING,
STONE SETTING, FOILING, DIAMOND CUTTING, CASTING, GILDING
AND MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GOLDSMITH’S TRADE.
 MATERIALS
VASCO DA GAMA HAD FOUND A DIRECT SEA ROUTE TO INDIA ON
HIS ADVENTURE AROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Columbian Emerald Specimen.

C O L O RE D S TO N E S R E MA I N E D V E RY P O P U L A R A S W E L L W I T H S A P P H I R E,
RU BY A N D E ME R A L D B E I N G T H E MO S T S O U G H T A F T E R S TO N E S .
MAIN SOURCE OF PRECIOUS STONES, SILVER, AND GOLD.

sapphire ruby emerald

 TYPES OF JEWELRY
MEDIEVAL BROOCH AS BEING THE MOST COMMON JEWEL AND WAS WORN
ON A NECKLACE, LONG GOLD CHAIN, FIXED TO THE DRESS OR ON A CHAIN
WORN ON THE GIRDLE.
 P E N D A N T S F E AT U R I N G P O RT R A I T S PA I N T E D I N E N A ME L , A S W E L L A S
D E P I C T ED BY CA ME O S W E R E V E RY P O P U L A R , A S W E R E A R A B E S Q U E MO T I F S ,
F R U I T, F O L I A G E , S C R O L L S A N D P U T T I. MY T H O L O G I C A L S U B J E C T S L I K E
N Y MP H S , S AT Y RS A N D FA N TA S Y B E A S T S L I K E D R A G O N S B E C A ME P O P U L A R
N E X T TO T H E A L R E A D Y P O P U L A R B I B L I C A L D E P I CT I O N S .

Arabesque foliage
putti
RENAISSANCE TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
GOLDWORK
LAPIDARIES

Reliquary Pendant with Virgin and Diamond Ring featuring table- Pendant with the Goddess
Child. Gold featuring amethyst, cut Diamond. Diana
emeralds, rubies, pearls, semiprecious
stones and niello.
 Ring with Clasped Right Hands HEAD ORNAMENTS
The Hahn's family copy of La Belle
Ferronier

Pendant in the shape of a lion designed earring

around the voluptuous but irregular
shape of a baroque pear