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Jewellery History: California Gold Rush  A gold rush or gold fever is a new discovery of gold that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.  Major gold rushes took place throughout the world in the 19th century, but none more famous than the California Gold Rush.  The California Gold Rush began on January 24th 1848 and lasted until 1855. The first find was by a man named James. W Marshell at Sutters Mill in Coloma, California. The news of the discovery and the potential for more gold quickly spread, bringing approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and beyond.  James W. Marshall was a foreman working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter when he found some shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill…

Known for her amazing fashion sense and dedicated humanitarian work, the late Princess Diana also enjoyed an impressive and iconic jewellery collection. It’s now being passed onto the new generation of royals. In her letter of wishes, the Princess wrote: “I would like you to allocate all my jewellery to the share to be held by my sons, so that their wives may, in due course, have it or use it. I leave the exact division of the jewellery to your discretion.” Royal analysts now hope that with the marriage of Harry and Meaghan, we will be able to see more of her famous pieces out in the public. Here are some of Princess Diana’s more famous items, and where we have seen them since. Asprey ring The aquamarine ring…

Walking down the vintage shops in London’s Brick Lane and you’ll see how retro fashion continues to inspire people everyday. It’s not new. people have been finding fashion inspiration from history throughout, well, history. In the 19th century, one of the most famous jewellers that defined European trends was Fortunato Pio Castellani. Born in 1794, Castellani began work as a master goldsmith in his father’s workshop before opening his own shop in Rome in 1814. Then, in the 1850s, he began attracting attention for being a leading figure in what was called the ‘classical revival’, the surging interest in old-style Grecian jewellery techniques. While jewellers up until that point often did not pay too much attention to history, doubting the relevance of long-gone fashions to the present-day, Castellani and his…