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Jewelry gives people an extraordinary impression: even if they are not distinguished from good paintings, furniture, porcelain or glass, the latter is often more impressive when confronted with works of art made of precious metals and precious stones. For centuries, people have tried their best to get gold, silver and gems. For example, in the mid-19th century, in the American gold rush, people abandoned their families and jobs, left their homes, risked, and overcome huge difficulties to gamble on a small piece of land they hoped to be gold. This thirst for precious metals and precious stones has surpassed the accumulation of wealth in the general sense, and people bring precious metals and precious stones with a mysterious symbolic meaning. Our ancestors were awesome to them and made them instruments of religious significance. They were later loved by wealthy and powerful people as a status symbol of wealth and power. Now, gold and jewellery are also symbolic, they symbolize love. In Western society, choosing a diamond ring as an engagement token is a very important ritual. In addition, jewellery has delusional values, such as auctioning a statue of a goddess, the auction site is too warm, often the price is higher than the value of things.
A very interesting phenomenon is that beautiful precious metals and precious stones come from ordinary raw materials. The gold and silver mines are smelted to extract valuable parts and can be processed in many different ways: the metal can be beaten, stretched or cast into a variety of desired shapes and can be carried out using a wide range of technical means. decoration. In fact, sometimes the limitations of making gold and silver into artwork depend on the creativity of the craftsman. The dazzling, glorious gems are obtained from the processing of large and inconspicuous rocks through engraving and polishing techniques. The reserves of gold and silver mines and gemstones are relatively rare, and their exploitation is often dangerous. In the past, it was extremely difficult to locate mineral deposits even after precise geo-exploration and aerial photography. In fact, the main mineral deposits of the past were discovered by chance, and as a result they increased in value due to low reserves. For the same reason, they can only be wealth that can be afforded by the rich, which means that only the most skilled craftsmen can reach them. Therefore, until the mid-19th century, the quality of the work of jewelry was very high and very fine. At this time, because of the improvement of mining technology, the number of gold, silver and jewelry imported into Europe has continuously increased, so the quality of work is not as high as before. This is also because the middle class can only afford cheap, mass-produced crafts. Fortunately, some of the technical core craftsmen have survived like goldsmiths and gemstone cutters, and the traditional methods they used are still in use today. Unfortunately, the inherent economic value of gold and silverware has destroyed them for many centuries. Some were melted to supplement the war costs, or plundered and destroyed. Others have been re-melted into new, more fashionable pieces that have been melted and turned into currency to cover the cost of making new works of art. This practice is common throughout Europe because the owners of wealth do not measure the value of the wealth left by their ancestors. Fortunately, we are now more civilized, progressive, and far-sighted than in the past, despite the recent huge old-style (Victorian) gemstones being cut to fit into fashion-appropriate pieces. In 1980, the Texas oil giant Hunter Brothers bought all the silver reserves in order to control the market, causing a large number of silverware to be destroyed. This chapter is about antique art made of precious metals and precious stones in Europe and the United States, and traces their design history from the Renaissance to the beginning of this century. No country has a unique national style; at the time, people thought that most people rarely traveled to other places, so people used foreign fashion as their unique style, so fashion quickly crossed political and geographical restrictions. Of course, wealthy people are affordable to buy gold and silver jewelry, enjoy luxury travel, many British aristocrats spend a few months on the mainland to travel. When they return to their country on a brilliant journey, they will spread their knowledge. Inevitably, when they came back, they brought new thoughts and tastes. After visiting the ruins of Pompeii and the Temple of Hercules, they were enlightened, and among them, the fashion of classical decoration was raised.
In the field of decorative arts in the 17th and early 18th centuries, France was undoubtedly the most influential country in Europe. The French court has enormous wealth and power. Its ambassador will bring a lot of gold and silver utensils during his visit, and his design style has left a deep impression on the host country. When Charles II returned to the UK from his French exile, the French luxury showdown fashion began to pop in the UK. The young monarch was a period of character during his time at the French court. Therefore, he and his entourage inevitably introduced baroque ornaments. After a simple and smooth style that the Puritans liked during the republican regime of about 20 years, the British had already prepared to re-launch the luxury style, and the splendid Baroque style was exactly what it needed, so it spread very quickly and even spread to society. All levels.
The second wave of French art influence was in the late 17th century, when many Huguenot handcrafters left France to travel around Europe and even spread their artistic style and knowledge to the United States. Their work quickly became popular, and the local craftsmen who made precious metals and precious stones quickly accepted it, and also produced French-style utensils to compete.
Although early gold and silverware and jewellery are very valuable now, there are still a large number of late works that can be afforded. To be honest, many antique works of art are no more expensive than their "modern competitors", and they have many added advantages, so they are a good investment. Gold and silver will never depreciate, unless the work is too bad or damaged, but professional, discerning collectors can buy good things without spending a lot of money, accumulating a lot of useful and decorative Antique art.
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