Ginny Redington Dawes, a life-long collector of antique jewellery, has written two previous books on the subject - The Bakelite Jewellery Book and Victorian Jewellery. Staff writer for MGM Screengems Music, she is also a successful composer; she wrote the book, music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show The Talk of the Town and has won a CLEO award for music for advertising.Olivia Collings became fascinated by the seventeenth century alchemist and jeweller Christopher Pinchbeck at an early age and bought her first piece of antique jewellery aged seven. She trained in an exclusive Bond Street antique jewellery shop before starting her own business in 1975 and has continued learning about and dealing in Georgian jewellery ever since. She is now an independent jewellery consultant.

“This is the bible of Georgian jewelry and the only book published solely on the topic. Every time you open this book, you discover a new photo or titbit of information which is a real treat.”--Beth Bernstein, ForbesLife

• Acknowledgements 8Preface 10Chapter 1. Dawn 14Chapter 2. Day 28Chapter 3. Night 68Chapter 4. Love 130Chapter 5. Death 156Chapter 6. Eternity 170Bibliography 188Credits 189Index 190