JEWELRY
Architect-designed jewelry
     --Themes, motives
Bakelite
Beads
     --Collectors and collecting
     --Folklore
Beadwork
Bone carving
Brooches
Cameos
Champlevé
     --Technique
Champlevé, Romanesque
Charms
     --Folklore
Clasps
Clock and watch makers
Clock and watch making
Clocks and watches
     --Catalogs
     --Collectors and collecting
     --History
     --Prices
     --Repairing
Cloisonné
Cloisonné, Byzantine
Copper jewelry
Coral jewelry
Costume jewelry
     --Collectors and collecting
     --History
Crown jewels
Earrings
Enamel and enameling
     --Technique
Engraving (Metal-work)
Ethnic jewelry
     See also subdivided by place.
Fimo *
Garnet jewelry
Gilding
Glass beads
Gold jewelry
Gold jewelry, Ancient
Hallmarks
     --Dictionaries
     --Directories
Indian beadwork
Indian goldwork
Indian goldwork –Central America
Indian goldwork –South America
Indian silverwork
Indian silverwork –North America
Indian silverwork –Southwest, New
     See also Hopi silverwork, Navajo silverwork, Pueblo silverwork, Zuni silverwork
Indians of North America
     --Costume
     --Jewelry
Indians of North America, Southwest, New
     --Jewelry
Jewelers
Jewelry
     --Catalogs
     --Collectors and collecting
     --Design
     --Dictionaries
     --Exhibitions
     --History
     --Periodicals
     --Prices
     --Private collections
     --Purchasing
     --Repairing
     --Themes, motives
     --Valuation
     See also Jewelry subdivided by –History – century, or by place.
     See also headings such as : Bedouins –Jewelry, Navajo Indians –Jewelry, Russians –Jewelry, etc.
     See also Jewelry subdivided by Ancient, Byzantine, Classical, European, Greek, Islamic, Medieval, Renaissance, Victorian.
Jewelry in art
Jewelry making
     --Amateurs’ manuals
     --Technique
Jewelry settings
Jewelry stores
     --Design and construction
Jewelry trade
     --Directories
     --History
     --Inventory control
     --Periodicals
     --Statistics
Painted enamel
Paste jewelry
Piqué-work
Plastic jewelry
Pocket watches
Repoussé work
Rhinestone jewelry
Rings
Silver jewelry
Solder and soldering
Stickpins
Swatch watches
Watch fobs
Wrist watches

GEMS

Agates
Amber
Beryl
Corals
Crystallography
See also Crystal growth, Crystals.
Cultured pearls
Diamond cutting
Diamond industry and trade
     --Equipment and supplies
Diamond mines and mining
     --South Africa
Diamonds
     --Design
     --Instruments
     --Purchasing
Emeralds
Gem carving
Gem cutting
Gems
     --Encyclopedias
     --Folklore
     --History
     --Private collections
     --Purchasing
     See also Gems subdivided by Ancient, Classical, Etruscan, Islamic, or by place.
Gems as an investment
Glyptics
Horn carving
Intaglios
Ivories
Ivory
Ivory carving
Jade
Jet (Precious stone)
Mineral industries
Mineralogy, Determinative
     --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Opals
Pearl fisheries
Pearl industry and trade
Pearl oyster culture
Pearls
     --Purchasing
Precious stones
     --Dictionaries
     --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
     --Identification
     --Instruments
     --Purchasing
     --Testing
     --Valuation
Precious stone, Artificial
Quartz
Rubies
Sapphires
Turquoise

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METAL-WORK
Alloys
     --Metallography
Art metal-work
Art metal-workers
Brass founders
     --Registers
Brass industry and trade
Brasses
Brasswork
Bronze founding
Bronzes
     See also subdivided by Celtic, Medieval, Renaissance, etc.
     See also Bronze figurines, Bronze implements, Gilt bronzes.
China trade silverwork
Copper
Copper enameling
Copper industry and trade
Copper mines and mining
Coppersmiths
Copperwork
Decorative cast-ironwork
Gold
Gold-leaf
Gold mines and mining
Goldsmiths
Goldweights
Goldwork
     --Exhibitions
     --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
     --History
     --Private collections
     See also Goldwork subdivided by place.
Goldwork, Ancient
Goldwork, Colonial
Goldwork, Gothic
Goldwork, Medieval
Goldwork, Renaissance
Goldwork, Rococo
Ironwork
Metal cloth
Metal furniture
Metallographic specimens
Metallography
Metal-work
     --Technique
Metal-workers
Metallurgy
Metals
     --Coloring
     --Finishing
     --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Miniature silverwork
Nickel silver
Niello
Pewter
     --Marks
Pewtercraft
Plate
See also Plate, English, etc.
Platinum
Platinum industry
Precious metals
Precision casting
Sheet-metal work
Sheffield plate
Silver
Silver boxes
     See also Enamel boxes; Gold boxes.
Silver coffeepots
Silver flatware
     --Patterns
Silver industry
Silver mines and mining
Silver-plated ware
Silverplate
Silversmiths
     --Exhibitions
Silverware
     --Catalogs
Silverwork
     --Collectors and collecting
     --Dictionaries
     --Exhibitions
     --Expertising
     --History
    --Identification
     --Prices
     --Private collections
     --Technique
     See also Indian silverwork or Silverwork subdivided by place.
Silverwork, Ancient
Silverwork, Baroque
Silverwork, Colonial
Silverwork, Early Christian
Silverwork, Georgian
Silverwork, Oriental
Silverwork, Renaissance
Silverwork, Rococo
Solder and soldering
Welding

     See also : Armor; Bidri ware; Brass candlesticks; Church plate; Fibula (Archaeology); Hatpin holders; Hatpins; Medals; Monteiths (Silverwork); Netsukes; Ojime; Portrait medallions; Scrimshaws; Shoe buckles; Spoons; Tinsmithing; Tinsmiths; Tinware; etc.

     See also headings such as :
Advertising –Jewelry; Copyright; Design protection; Mechanical drawing; Plastics craft; Selling –Jewelry; Technical illustration; Tools –Catalogs; Wax-modeling; etc.

     See also names such as :
Fabergé (Firm)
Fabergé, Peter Carl
Jünger, Hermann
Tiffany and Company
Tiffany, Louis Comfort
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik

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