Quiz time...whats wrong with this statement.

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/10/2008 12:05:41 AM
Author: Harriet
Baroques.
P.S. That''s one jeweller that I can''t bring myself to appreciate.

Please define baroques...I define it as a period of time in art.Is it a type of shell?

 

[crown1]

Date: 10/12/2008 8:21:07 PM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/10/2008 12:05:41 AM
Author: Harriet
Baroques.
P.S. That''s one jeweller that I can''t bring myself to appreciate.

Please define baroques...I define it as a period of time in art.Is it a type of shell?

isn''t it that which can''t be mentioned?

 

[Harriet]

Yup.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Is it Voldemort?

(Actually, the adjective and period is Baroque (singular), French translation of the Portuguese "barroco": misshapen, odd unmentionable; fake jewel. So as a noun, the meaning has come down to us unaltered)

Next question - if I may. Name 6 natural organic materials that are used in jewellery without intent to deceive. For the purposes of counting, all kinds of - for example - unmentionables (e.g. Akoya, black, conch, Tahitian, South Seas, etc.) count as one. There. So you only have to find another 5.

 

[crown1]

ivory, coral, amber, jet and hair?

 

[oldmancoyote]

Yep. And galuchat (stingray skin) and shagreen (shark skin)

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/13/2008 3:41:20 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
Is it Voldemort?

(Actually, the adjective and period is Baroque (singular), French translation of the Portuguese ''barroco'': misshapen, odd unmentionable; fake jewel. So as a noun, the meaning has come down to us unaltered)

Next question - if I may. Name 6 natural organic materials that are used in jewellery without intent to deceive. For the purposes of counting, all kinds of - for example - unmentionables (e.g. Akoya, black, conch, Tahitian, South Seas, etc.) count as one. There. So you only have to find another 5.

coral,jet,amber,jet,hair, shell, animal bone,leather and horn.

 

[Harriet]

Ammolite.

Is my baroque answer correct or not?

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/13/2008 11:35:50 PM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/13/2008 3:41:20 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
Is it Voldemort?

(Actually, the adjective and period is Baroque (singular), French translation of the Portuguese ''barroco'': misshapen, odd unmentionable; fake jewel. So as a noun, the meaning has come down to us unaltered)

Next question - if I may. Name 6 natural organic materials that are used in jewellery without intent to deceive. For the purposes of counting, all kinds of - for example - unmentionables (e.g. Akoya, black, conch, Tahitian, South Seas, etc.) count as one. There. So you only have to find another 5.

coral,jet,amber,jet,hair, shell, animal bone,leather and horn.

forgot rare woods

 

[Harriet]

You still haven''t answered me!

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/14/2008 11:45:01 PM
Author: Harriet
You still haven''t answered me!

If you are talkin Sea shells then you win.....now lets hear a new quiz question from you...to get back on track...I think this is a good question....

Mary Todd Lincolin worn a gem studded parure that was a gift from the future president, which he bought on a business trip.The parure was worn at the presidential inauguration in 1861 and for her formal first lady portrait...what famous jewelry company made the set of jewelry,what was the metal and gems used and what did it cost the future president?!!!

 

[crown1]

would that be seed ****** and gold from tiffany for 2600 dollars?

 

[Harriet]

Date: 10/15/2008 12:32:05 AM
Author: jewelerman
If you are talkin Sea shells then you win.....now lets hear a new quiz question from you

I''m not talking about sea shells, but you need to convince me.

Here''s a question: Which famous house popularised gold and gem brooches in the shape of animals?

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/16/2008 10:38:24 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 10/15/2008 12:32:05 AM
Author: jewelerman
If you are talkin Sea shells then you win.....now lets hear a new quiz question from you

I''m not talking about sea shells, but you need to convince me.

Here''s a question: Which famous house popularised gold and gem brooches in the shape of animals?

There are a few houses that really made animal shapes the trend in the 40s,and the 50s and 60s...cartier comes to mind first and then Tiffany and Van Cleef for the animals with gemstone bodies and bellies....cartier and tiffany for birds and exotic animals....van cleef for kittens and poodles
answer to the above question...Tiffany made the set that the president bought out of the case ...seed pearls in the shape of ovals in yellow gold...the the five piece parure cost a whopping total of $500.00...

 

[Harriet]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was asking about animals primarily made of yellow gold with gems here and there.

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/17/2008 1:49:11 PM
Author: Harriet
Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was asking about animals primarily made of yellow gold with gems here and there.

I will go with Cartier.

 

[Harriet]

Are you sure it''s not VCA?

 

[crown1]

Date: 10/17/2008 2:14:01 AM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/16/2008 10:38:24 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 10/15/2008 12:32:05 AM
Author: jewelerman
If you are talkin Sea shells then you win.....now lets hear a new quiz question from you

I''m not talking about sea shells, but you need to convince me.

Here''s a question: Which famous house popularised gold and gem brooches in the shape of animals?

There are a few houses that really made animal shapes the trend in the 40s,and the 50s and 60s...cartier comes to mind first and then Tiffany and Van Cleef for the animals with gemstone bodies and bellies....cartier and tiffany for birds and exotic animals....van cleef for kittens and poodles
answer to the above question...Tiffany made the set that the president bought out of the case ...seed pearls in the shape of ovals in yellow gold...the the five piece parure cost a whopping total of $500.00...

not disputing the 500 dollars but where did you get that info as i found multiple places listing the price i quoted. i know wrong info is out there regarding everything. this thread is educational. keep the questions coming.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Since we are more or less on the subject of animals: what was portrayed in the first animal-shaped brooch that Cartier made for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor?

 

[Harriet]

The Panther?

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 10/19/2008 10:35:25 PM
Author: Harriet
The Panther?

I bet you''re right, that would have been my guess as well.

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/18/2008 10:53:53 PM
Author: crown1

Date: 10/17/2008 2:14:01 AM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/16/2008 10:38:24 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 10/15/2008 12:32:05 AM
Author: jewelerman
If you are talkin Sea shells then you win.....now lets hear a new quiz question from you

I''m not talking about sea shells, but you need to convince me.

Here''s a question: Which famous house popularised gold and gem brooches in the shape of animals?

There are a few houses that really made animal shapes the trend in the 40s,and the 50s and 60s...cartier comes to mind first and then Tiffany and Van Cleef for the animals with gemstone bodies and bellies....cartier and tiffany for birds and exotic animals....van cleef for kittens and poodles
answer to the above question...Tiffany made the set that the president bought out of the case ...seed pearls in the shape of ovals in yellow gold...the the five piece parure cost a whopping total of $500.00...

not disputing the 500 dollars but where did you get that info as i found multiple places listing the price i quoted. i know wrong info is out there regarding everything. this thread is educational. keep the questions coming.

no disbute here ...i have no problem with discussion on the questions because you are right about finding correct info...lets swap info...i will try to find the exact source...i believe it was a book by john loring on the the history of Tiffany...i will double check my numbers...where is your 2600 mentioned...

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/19/2008 3:45:30 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
Since we are more or less on the subject of animals: what was portrayed in the first animal-shaped brooch that Cartier made for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor?

Im going with a bird...the famous famingo pin.

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/18/2008 1:12:08 AM
Author: Harriet
Are you sure it''s not VCA?

okay Harriet...defend your answer...why do you think VCA.

 

[oldmancoyote]

Date: 10/20/2008 1:00:06 AM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/19/2008 3:45:30 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
Since we are more or less on the subject of animals: what was portrayed in the first animal-shaped brooch that Cartier made for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor?

Im going with a bird...the famous famingo pin.

Correct. The flamingo is dated 1940, the panther is from 1949.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 10/20/2008 1:03:51 AM
Author: jewelerman

Date: 10/18/2008 1:12:08 AM
Author: Harriet
Are you sure it''s not VCA?

okay Harriet...defend your answer...why do you think VCA.

''Cos I said so.

 

[jewelerman]

 

[jewelerman]

next question time!
Queen Elizabeth inherited diamond jewelry from her grandmother made from what the royal family called "grandmas chips"...these diamonds were "chips" from what famous larger diamond...name the number of chips that elizabeth inherited...

 

[oldmancoyote]

The White Cullinan (there's a blue one too!)

Two "chips", total weight 158ct. Another 3 stones cut from the rough are in various items in the British Crown Jewels, and the last 4 smaller major stones, down to a measly 4.39ct, are in the possession of the British Royal Family. Another 96 brilliants were also cut, but I have no idea where they are now!

And, to top it all off, the 3106 ct rough was most likely a chunk of a larger crystal...

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 10/21/2008 8:38:52 AM
Author: oldmancoyote
The White Cullinan (there''s a blue one too!)

Two ''chips'', total weight 158ct. Another 3 stones cut from the rough are in various items in the British Crown Jewels, and the last 4 smaller major stones, down to a measly 4.39ct, are in the possession of the British Royal Family. Another 96 brilliants were also cut, but I have no idea where they are now!

And, to top it all off, the 3106 ct rough was most likely a chunk of a larger crystal...

there we go! ...and i thought this on might stump the crowd...next question...about jolly old England...In the 1400s it was thought that if a man suspected his wife of infidelity then she was brought to the head person at the church and a certain gemstone would be put on her hand and she was put in the sunlight...if the stone showed a lighter color in the light she was faithful and if it stayed dark then she was guilty and she could be put out of his house and in some cases put to death...what gem was used for the fadelity test?