1. Patek Philippe
(Manufacturers/Luxury Timepieces)

... social status and wealth. Since Queen Victoria’s reign, monarchs, popes, political leaders and rulers have purchased timepieces manufactured by the brand either for their personal use or as a precious ...

2. A. Lange and Sohne
(Manufacturers/Luxury Timepieces)

... companies. All Lange watches are mechanical rather than quartz-driven, and, with the exception of a few special edition watches, all Lange cases are made of precious metals (gold or platinum) rather ...

3. Emeralds
(Gemstones/Colored Gemstones)

... the cause for Cortez's loss of an extremely precious pearl (to which he dedicated a work A beautiful and incomparable pearl) and even for the death of King Charles IX who died soon after. High Priest ...

4. Rubies
(Gemstones/Colored Gemstones)

... Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. The ruby is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald and the diamond. Prices of ...

5. Diamonds
(Gemstones/Diamonds)

... diamonds. While a large trade in both types of diamonds exists, the two markets act in dramatically different ways. Gem diamond industry A large trade in gem-grade diamonds exists. Unlike precious ...

6. Yard
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... Walt Disney’s Bugs Bunny, remains noteworthy. Constructed in platinum and encrusted with precious stones, the brooches in the collection feature a rabbit performing a variety of tasks: fishing, getting ...

7. David Webb
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... Webb’s pieces. Celebrities flaunted them, and his work was conspicuously and consistently displayed in popular fashion magazines. Webb also became famous for his precious objects. He was commissioned by ...

8. Pierre Vever
(Manufacturers/French Jewelers)

... also tended to use precious stones like diamonds and rubies to embellish their pieces rather than semi-precious and organic gemstones. The most famous of these guest designers was Eugène Grasset whose ...

9. Verdura
(Manufacturers/Italian Jewelers)

... Coco Chanel invited Verdura to design jewellery for her at her Paris workshop, and he accepted. At Chanel, Verdura created both costume and precious jewellery. It was Chanel’s view that a woman should ...

10. Trabert, Hoeffer-Mauboussin
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... jewels were fabricated from eighteen-karat yellow gold parts and featured semi-precious gemstones. The firm encouraged women to choose among the different design elements and gemstones to create unique ...

11. Tiffany and Company
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... and Queen Anne’s lace were among his favorite subjects. Softly colored enamelling and mixturex of precious and semi-precious gemstones tend to embellish his pieces. After his father died in 1902, Louis ...

12. Pierre Sterlé
(Manufacturers/French Jewelers)

... were typically embellished with a combination of precious and semi-precious gemstones. Some of them also featured “angel wire,” a mesh of sorts, which he created in 1957. During the 1960’s, he sold his ...

13. Seaman Shepps
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... deceptive get-rich-quick scheme. When he found himself in Los Angeles flush with cash, he opened a store that sold antiques, jewelry, and precious objects. Over the next thirty years, he began and ...

14. William Ruser
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... worked for Trabert and Hoeffer-Mauboussin in Atlantic City and Los Angeles, managing the LA branch in the late 1930’s. While keeping traditional diamond and precious gemstone merchandise in stock, ...

15. Nardi
(Manufacturers/Italian Jewelers)

... is often to Othello, the Moor of Venice, or to the valiant, warlike Hannibal. They are typically gem encrusted and constructed with precious metals. The brooches were originally Venetian souvenirs. In ...

16. Louis Comfort Tiffany
(Manufacturers/American Jewelers)

... mythology (e.g., Medusa), and ancient history. Constructed in yellow gold, his pieces were often embellished with enamel and set with semi-precious gemstones like moonstone, tourmaline, and garnet. The ...

17. Liberty and Co.
(Manufacturers/English Jewelers)

... synonymous with the Arts and Crafts style. The jewels were mostly produced in silver and featured hand-hammered surfaces. Semi-precious stones like blister pearls and citrines, as well as brightly colored ...

18. LaCloche Freres
(Manufacturers/Spanish Jewelers)

... 1920’s and 30’s, the brothers were famous for their brightly colored, geometric “lacquered and enamelled cigarette and vanity cases, set with diamond and precious stone decorative motifs of mixed inspiration.” ...

19. Falize
(Manufacturers/French Jewelers)

... was so significant.” Vever credited Falize with revitalizing jewellery and the decorative arts during Napolean III’s reign (1852-1870). His speciality was “artistic” jewellery: jewellery featuring semi-precious ...

20. Faberge
(Manufacturers/Russian Jewelers)

... letter openers, opera glasses, and vases. By the turn of the century, Fabergé was the jeweller of choice for Russian nobility, producing jewels by commission and offering a ready selection of precious ...