glass jewellery
1Jewellery — (also spelled jewelry, see spelling differences) is a personal ornament, such as a necklace, ring or bracelet, made from gemstones, precious metals or other materials.The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel , which was anglicised from… …
2Jewellery Quarter — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.489 longitude= 1.910 official name= Jewellery Quarter map type= West Midlands population = 3,000 approx. population density= area total km2= 1.07 metropolitan borough= City of Birmingham… …
3Hebron glass — ( ar. زجاج الخليل, ezaz al Khalili ) refers to glass produced in Hebron as part of a flourishing art and industry established in the city during Roman rule in Palestine.Spaulding and Welch, 1994, pp. 200 201.] For centuries, Hebron has been… …
4History of jewellery in Ukraine — Jewellery, as one of the art forms originated together with the human culture as one of its expressions. Body ornamentation, essentially the purpose of jewellery, has been known since at least the Stone Age. At that time adornments were made from …
5Anglo-Saxon glass — has been found across England during archaeological excavations of both settlement and cemetery sites. Glass in the Anglo Saxon period was used in the manufacture of a range of objects including vessels, beads, windows and was even used in… …
6Lead glass — Swarovski flacon. Lead glass is a variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content of a typical potash glass.[1] Lead glass contains typically 18–40 weight% lead(II) oxide (PbO), while modern lead …
7Islamic glass — Egyptian mosque lamp, 1360. The influence of the Islamic world to the history of glass is reflected by its distribution around the world, from Europe to China, and from Russia to East Africa. Islamic glass developed a unique expression that was… …
8Bohemian glass — Jug in Bohemia, Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) by L. Moser Sohne Launch year 13th century Bohemian glass, or Bohemia crystal, is a decorative glass produced in regions of Bohemia and Silesia, now in the current state of the Czech Republic, since the …
9Body piercing jewellery — is jewellery manufactured specifically for use in body piercing. Originally, hardly any other jewellery than circular earrings were used in modern Western body piercing. As the body piercing became more of a fashion, a vast amount of specially… …
10Plug (jewellery) — A plug (sometimes earplug), in the context of body modification, is a short, cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger gauge body piercings. [ cite book | last = Miller | first = Jean Chris | title = The Body Art Book: A Complete,… …
