
Whitby Jet
Shire Publications (Publisher)
Published on 10. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-0-7478-0731-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. Although jet is found elsewhere in the world, it is the jet from Whitby that excites collectors and even jet jewellery manufactured elsewhere is often called Whitby Jet. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Different types and styles of jet jewellery are examined, and the work of some of the best-known Whitby craftsmen is pictured.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
45 b/w; 45 col
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
124 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0731-5 (9780747807315)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Helen Muller
Jet Jewellery and Ornaments
Book
11/2002
Shire Publications
€26.18
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Persons
Helen Muller has studied the Whitby jet industry and its products for much of her life, and she is one of the best known and respected figures in the field. She was awarded the Tully Medal of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. Katey Scrace is Helen Muller's daughter, and she has inherited a great love for an knowledge of Whitby jet from her mother.
Content
?Preface /The Nature of Jet /The History of Jet Jewellery /Jet in Yorkshire: Geology and Mining /The Whitby Jet Industry /The Manufacturing Process /The Association with Mourning /Training the Craftsmen /Famous Manufacturers /Jewellery Designs /The Decline of the Industry /Imitations of Jet /Whitby Jet Today /Index