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This year's jewelry auctions have allowed us to discover jewelry that is only available to a few, but that makes us all dream. In this first installment, we have selected the most spectacular pieces: rings, tiaras, brooches... and THE glasses! Which is your favorite? We read you in comments! Did you know that at the Spanish Gemological Institute we have an Appraisal department ? If you want to know the value of your jewelry, whether to auction it, distribute inheritances or insure it, make an appointment. If what you need is to train as an appraiser, check out our Jewelry Appraisal Course . The most amazing glasses The most amazing glasses Probably, of all the objects auctioned this year, these pairs of glasses are the most spectacular.
Sotheby's says they date from around 1890, the era of the Mughal Empire, and come from an unknown Indian princely treasure. The expertise in their creation (with made from diamond flakes in one case and from a single emerald in the other), their r Its original collections Cell Phone Number List include specimens of all types from Egyptian mummies to ancient coins, books, engravings, geological and zoological specimens, housing a very extensive museum collection that currently has more than 200,000 specimens. This silver amulet case, originally from North Africa, is one of the pieces that acquired when acquiring the collection. It dates back to the 17th century and is made of silver, gold, enamel and gems. Photo: Ashmolean Museum The eccentric Sir Hans Sloane 's cabinet of curiosities occupied almost eleven rooms of his London home. It contained more than 71,000 items which he donated upon his death to the British nation, thus forming the basis of the collections of the British Museum , the British Library and the Natural History Museum in London .
Ring with intaglio, agate and silver. It represents Apollo and . It was acquired by Hans Sloane in 1753. © The Trustees of the British Museum This Irishman was a doctor, naturalist and, of course, a tireless collector who, apart from being credited with the recipe for “ drinking chocolate ” (the rights to which Cadbury later acquired), collected 32,000 coins and medals, 50,000 books, prints and manuscripts, a herbarium composed of 334 volumes of dried plants from all over the world, and 1125 “ things related to the customs of antiquity .” cabinets of curiosities Guinean elephant ivory bracelet, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. © The Trustees of the British Museum The was the first Russian museum. It was created at the initiative of Peter the Great , in order to house his cabinet of curiosities.