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I cut the section on Art Nouveau jewellery and made it its own seperate page because I thought the content was strong, but having only one time period/style discussed on the main Jewellery page didn't seem to make any sense. Better to have a general discussion of jewellery history/styles on this page, and links out to more detailed pages (I can envision jewellery by country or culture and jewellery by arts movement, such as art nouveau, for starters). I added links to all relevant pages to the new page. Brassratgirl 04:33, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Would anyone have a heartache if I did some shuffling on the types of jewelry table? Rather than organizing by common/less common I was thinking about bodypart worn on or some such - brooch for instance is definitely not 'less common' thna nose jewels in the West. & this listing thus appears a bit POV. Bridesmill 01:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Support - This page was cut & paste moved against policy in June of this year by an anon IP. Jooler 12:49, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
- Weak Oppose Anglo-American dialect meddling should be reverted immediately or left alone. Three months is too long; leave it as it is. Move edit history though. Septentrionalis 16:07, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Jewellery or Jewelery?
What was the final word on this issue? I thought we were using American/Inetrnational English unless the subject demands a regional English spelling? Glowimperial 21:30, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
What the heck is with the name "Jewellery"?
The talk page above says it's some foreign spelling (wikipedia is in America so we should use American spelling I think). Basically the article needs to explain the whole strange "Jewellery" spelling. I used to have problems always spelling it "Jewlery" so now this bothers me seeing the article spelled even funnier. DyslexicEditor 14:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Article mentions both spellings, so I don't see a problem. My understanding is spelling within a page should be consistent (e.g. 'color' or 'colour', but not both in the same piece) Bridesmill 22:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
The article also lacks how jewelry become more common in recent times because people stopped using gold as currency. I came here to verify this fact and the article is missing it. DyslexicEditor 14:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure that it did; if anything, decrease in use of gold as currency would have the effect of making jewellery less readily negotiable. If anything has increased use in recent times, I would think its because of increased disposable wealth. Would welcome any evidence & evidence of cause for either trend Bridesmill 22:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm still kind of new here, but why is this debate in two different sections? And for the record, I agree: Jewelry, not Jewellery. Unless the English Wikipedia is primarily a British product? Isn't there some sort of guideline for this sort of thing? If there isn't, maybe someone a bit more senior at Wikipedia should begin such a project. GilbertZ 22:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, that was informative. GilbertZ 19:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Genital Jewellery
Would like to propose writing the genital jewellery artiicle, and linking the individual types (e.g. anal jewelry) from there rather than from this page. Your thoughts please, before I get yelled at for removing the more (ahem) unusual jewelry from the table on this page. Before anyone says 'prude' or 'censor', please be aware that I make genital jewelry myself, so it is not a matter of having a problem with it - just that it is very unusual (making up well under 1% of jewelry production) and on this page the types only serve to shock - in short, my proposal is that if someone wants to explore genital jewelry, let them got to the Genital jewelry page to find out more.Bridesmill 00:57, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Jewellery lab certificate
May I suggest this source as an external link? Jewelry lab certificate article.
Moved
Timeline
This is a timeline of jewellery production from the first uses of metal in history to the Renaissance.
- 7000 BC - Uses of copper in Anatolia, Iran and Eastern Europe.
- 5000 BC - Uses of copper in Egypt.
- 4000 BC - Smelting technology for copper in Egypt and Iran.
- 3450 BC - Use of natural zinc/copper alloy in Egypt.
- 3500 BC - Gold makes an appearance in Egyptian jewellery.
- 3000 BC - Egypt and Iran makeing simple hammered iron beads
- 3000 BC - The Middle East employ semi-mass-production
- 2000 BC - First signs of the swagging technique
- 2600 BC - Beaded wires began to be used.
- 2500 BC - Egyptians using copper/lead alloys.
- 2500 BC - True iron production technology in Near East.
- 2500 BC - The intentional addition of silver and copper to gold.
- 2500 BC - Gold wires are characterised by seam lines that follow a spiral path along the wire.
- 2000 BC - Use of patterned punches
- 1500 BC - Earplugs and earrings become popular in Egypt.
- 1400 BC - Egypt Amarna period, using resin and mud for repoussé backing.
- 1400 BC - Deliberate addition of zinc to copper in Canaan.
- 1400 BC - Philistines have iron.
- 1400 BC - Very copper rich gold alloys popular in Egypt.
- 1000 BC - Persian sheet bronze work 0.05mm thick.
- 1000 BC - The start of true engraving.
- 900 BC - The Greeks have iron.
- 700 BC - World's oldest coinage in Lydia.
- 575 BC - In Greece, jewellery is still very rare.
- 500 BC - Hafted hammers were being used in some parts.
- 500 BC - Iron in use in the British Isles
- 400 BC - Greeks using Beeswax for filler in repoussé.
- 350 BC - Use of combined punches and dies of bronze.
- 325 BC - Animal or human-headed hoop earrings were popular.
- 300 BC - Diadems are first seen.
- 300 BC - Red Coral popular in Celtic jewellery.
- AD 50 - Start of the Roman period, where addition of silver to gold becomes almost unknown.
- AD 100 - Sulphur fills hollow gold items throughout the Roman Empire.
- AD 150 - Tin rings found in Nubia
- AD 300 - Lead becomes more common in places.
- AD 400 - Pewter jewellery is made.
- AD 400 - A shale die is found on Great Britain.
- AD 1500 - The Renaissance
- AD 1900 - Art Nouveau jewellery
Famous jewellers
- Nikki Barr -- founder of Kitsch Katch
- Elias Akaoui -- founder of Akaoui stores in Cairo, Egypt.
- Paolo Bulgari -- Chairman of Bulgari.
- Pierre Cartier -- Co-founder of Cartier SA
- Peter Carl Fabergé -- Russian jeweller best known for the fabulous Fabergé eggs
- Ian Harris -- Jewellery expert to the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, Director of N. Bloom & Son
- Scott Kay -- Founder of Scott Kay Inc., a bridal jewelry company.
- Kenneth Jay Lane -- founder of Kenneth Jay Lane, Inc.
- Robert Lee Morris -- influential in the jewelry-as-art movement
- Charles Lewis Tiffany -- founder of Tiffany & Co..
- Sotirios Voulgaris -- founder of Bulgari.
Sound of jewellery
The sound of jewellery has played an enermous part in many stories, poems, and religious literature (more details and sources to come). Different jewellery creates different sounds, ie plastic bangles create a high pitched clink sound, while others such as baxelite produce a "clunck" sound. Knowing how a particular piece of jewellery sounds can help someone identify whether or not a piece of jewellery is fake. Indeed people have written about the sound of "fake gold", and jewel makers such as Sharon Alouf, a famous jeweler have praised the high frequency pitched noise of gold bangles(most likely real gold she is wearing). To this day, the jeweler claims, "the sound of bangles clinking together is very soothing to me. It always reminds me of motherhood."Alouf is even partial to particular tones. "Gold produces my favorite sound," she says, "the pitch is higher and clearer, which I find energizing."
--I placed this here until my editing of the article is complete, but I think the above stuff is obsolete, so it could stay here. Opinions?... Spawn Man 02:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Concur.Bridesmill 03:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
On another issue though, the Tiffany mounting picture is, well, a plain-jane Tiffany style mounting, no indication that it is actually a Tiffany designed mounting - if there is a pic of Tiffany jewellery, it should prob be something that is a. a bit more spectacular than this department store pattern, and b. confirmed to be a design from their house.Bridesmill 03:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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