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For more information about JET and other Victorian
black jewelry we recommend the excellent book ‘Jet’ by Helen Muller
and "Whitby Jet" by Katy & Helen Muller.
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"Jet" by Helen Muller |
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Helen Muller |
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VICTORIAN jet jewelry with painted portrait and floral centers. |
JET JEWELRY BOOK
on Victorian Jet Jewelry
By Katy Muller & Helen Muller
available on Amazon |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet
hand carved brooch and earrings with painted porcelain ovals of cherubs
and flowers, a rare set with wonderful detailing. #VHM3 |
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JET is black fossilized wood, and is associated with
the English town of Whitby where much of it was fashioned into
jewelry and accessories, especially in the 1800’s.
VULCANITE was an early plastic made by combining and heating India rubber
and sulphur.
HORN is the natural horn of an animal, pressed into a mold to form jewelry.
BOG OAK is fossilized peat
FRENCH JET is black glass, and not truly jet at all.
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VICTORIAN jet worker’s tools as shown in Helen Muller’s book "Jet". I was
surprised to see how primitive some of the actual tools were, homemade and
well used. The artistry in the best hand carved jet jewelry is amazing. |
VICTORIAN jet
pen and pencil set with matching hand carved designs and Whitby Abbey, 5"
long. Sets are rare and this set is particularly lovely. The third piece is
a red pencil with the name "Whitby" on the handle.
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VICTORIAN jet worker’s tools as shown in Helen
Muller’s book "Jet". A shop in Whitby still has an original display very
much like this showing a complete workshop and original tools from over 100
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand
carved brooch with a pietra dura inset of flowers. #VHM2 |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand
carved pendant with a pietra dura floral inset of daisies, forget-me-nots, a
strawberry and
green leaves. #VHM1 |
VICTORIAN shell
cameos set in jet brooches and earrings. #Victjetcams |
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand
carved hand brooch. #VHM6 |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet
hand carved segmented snake bracelet. #VHM5 |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand
carved matching brooch and earrings with delicate floral pierced and carved
design. #VHM4 |
VICTORIAN antique Whitby jet hand carved necklace, a very intricate
geometric design that is 18" long with a 5" front drop. Note the
intricate detail of the pierced edging and applied carved domes that would
have been hard work with the hand made tools used in that era. The masterful
and detailed hand carving in this is magnificent, and it is a
one-of-a-kind necklace. The catch is even hand carved and all original, exactly
as it should be. It is one of the very best jet necklaces I have ever seen and
it has been a joy to own all these years.
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VICTORIAN lady wearing
elaborate necklace and earrings set. Note the wonderful necklace and
earrings that she is wearing.
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VICTORIAN antique Whitby jet necklace that was hand carved with decorated links and
stations, a one-of-a-kind piece. The size is 20-1/2" wearable length with a 4"
front drop. Note the detail on each drop, with both carved and applied
decorative elements. It is all original and exactly as it was when newly made.
An interesting note is that this necklace was loaned by request to be in the "Antiques & Collecting Magazine"
on page 49, October 2008 in an article about Victorian jet jewellery called
"Black
Magic" by Anna Marie Roos, PhD.
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet
earrings, hand carved drops with faceted applied ovals and detailed edges, jet
portion 1-1/3" and total length 1-3/4". These are rare, complete with original
Victorian fittings just as they were made circa 1880. #V33920 |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings
with banded agate centers beautifully carved with saw-tooth edges, the jet
portion is 1-3/4" by 1". These are all original including the kidney
wires, amazing for 150-year-old earrings.
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet
earrings, hand carved faceted teardrops suspended in larger open faceted open
teardrops, jet portion 1-1/3" total length 1-3/4". There is one tiny flea bite
chip at the very top of one earring, not visible except under
magnification. These are rare, complete with original Victorian fittings just as
they were made circa 1880. #V33922 |
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet strung on elastic bracelets, matching
pair, tiny dings, 7" adjustable by 1-1/4". View
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Article from the
England’s
"Yorkshire Post", April 2021, announcing the Whitby Jet Museum
where many of the pieces from the Morning Glory jet jewelry collection have
a new home now. The bracelets at the left and the cameo at the right
are shown in the newspaper photo.
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VICTORIAN cameo
brooch of Nyx, Goddess of the Night in "Night with her Children". Hand
carved pink shell is set in jet, circa 1860, 2-1/8" by 1-3/4".
Beautifully hand carved to
depict ‘Night’ after a relief done by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen in
1815. She carries her twin children
Hypnos, god of sleep, and Thanatos, god of death. Her wings spread over the
earth to create the dark of night. The owl, bird of the night, is one of her
attributes. This brooch was seen in "Antiques & Collecting Magazine"
page 52, October 2008 in an article about Victorian jet jewellery called
Black Magic by Anna Marie Roos, Ph. D.
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VICTORIAN
unusual pressed animal horn links Prince Albert watch chain, 12" long with a bar for the
buttonhole on one end and a hook for a watch on the other. This is the
piece seen on page 121 of Helen Muller’s book "Jet".
This very special piece is from the personal jet collection of Katy and
Helen Muller, authors of the books on jet jewellery. I am so very privileged
to have it and other pieces from their private collections. It is guaranteed
to be genuine and all original Victorian Whitby jet. Their books "Jet
Jewellery & Ornaments" and "Whitby Jet" are the best books written on the
subject.
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet bracelet with engraved flowers, strung on elastic
so it fits 6-1/2" to 7" arm and is 1-3/4" wide at front. #V26451
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand carved necklace circa 1880,
16-3/4" long with graduated disks from 1-1/8" down to 7/8". Each link is a
convex circle with saw tooth edge. Every piece including the closure is all
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet snake necklace with
a heart dangle and
graduated sized beads. It is 18" long with beads ranging from 1/3" to 2".
Snakes were often seen as the symbol of eternal love for the Victorians. See a similar version of a snake necklace on page 122 of Davidov &
Dawes "Victorian Jewelry". This same necklace was loaned to be seen in "Antiques &
Collecting Magazine" page 49, October 2008 in an article about Victorian jet
jewellery called Black Magic by Anna Marie Roos, Ph. D.
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VICTORIAN Whitby
jet necklace with three teardrop-shaped drops, faceted centers, 16-1/2" by
3-1/4". There is a repair on one link. A copy of a carte
de visite shows a lady wearing a necklace like this.
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VICTORIAN jet Roman style snake necklace
with segmented body, 17" long and from 1/2" down to 1/3" wide bead
body. The head is 1" by 5/8" and the heart is 5/8". See
a snake necklace in Davidov & Dawes "Victorian Jewelry" on page 123.
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet round
hand carved drop earrings, 5/8" beads on original kidney wires ornamented
with clear rhinestones on each. #V29116 |
VICTORIAN Whitby jet faceted
beads, 56" long with graduated beads from 3/4" down to 1/3".
Included with this will be a copy of a
carte de visite showing a
lovely lady wearing beads much like this strand. This is a long, rare and
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A lovely Victorian era lady wearing her triple strand of jet beads, similar
to the ones at the left here.
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VICTORIAN jet cherub 1-7/8"
by 1-1/2" locket with photo and hair on back suspended on a 20" faceted
black glass beads chain. Raphael (Raffaello
Sanzio, 1483-1520) was a great, late Renaissance Italian artist. Raphael’s
Cherub is part of his early 1500s Sistine Chapel murals in the Vatican. Many
Victorian pieces were made with this as their inspiration, including this
one. A similar piece can be seen on page 167 of Bell’s "Collecting
Victorian Jewelry".
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet with plaited hair locket, 1-1/2" by 1-1/3" locket with
1/3" loop, fittings and plaited hair inside.
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VICTORIAN jet pendant with
hand painted porcelain green Tyrolean boy portrait, 2-1/2" by 1-1/4" pendant
on graduated strand of hand carved jet beads 18" necklace.
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