Ewa Z. Sleziona Jewellery

Goldsmith & Designer

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A commitment to the transmission and the continuity of the unusual and treasured craftmanship heritage.

- Fabrice Gohard, Maître d’art

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Bracelet - Cast and oxidised silver, set with cabochon emeralds in gold. In the centre, an openwork quatrefoil with an emerald surmounted by two putti, surrounded by vine and rococo foam ornament.

Artist: Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi,

Place of origin: Paris, France,

Date: ca. 1840

"This bracelet bears the mark first registered by Rudolphi in 1842. It is similar to the printed description of a bracelet designed by Masson and exhibited by F. J. Rudolphi at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. The V&A's bracelet is in a Rudolphi case which gives his address as 23 Boulevard des Capucines. He moved there in 1853. If the bracelet was cased when it was new, it cannot therefore have been made earlier than 1853. However, it could have been made in the 1840s and cased, or re-cased, after Rudolphi moved to the Boulevard des Capucines".

Source: The Victoria & Albert Museum

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A cast iron hair comb (black-lacquered),

Date: 1810,

Presumably cast by the Gliwice Steelworks (or to be more precise the Royal Cast Iron Foundry - Königliche Eisengieserei in Gleiwitz).

photo source: Muzeum Gliwice

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Detail of the wrought iron railing on the main staircase of the Petit Trianon, Versailles

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Charlotte Isabelle Newman, jewellery from an album of 1,593 designs, 1848-84. Made by John Brogden, London. 1848-84

The Designs demonstrate the resourcefulness which made Newman indispensable to Brogden and also later led her to become the first woman artist-jeweller in late Victorian London. Newman trained at the Government Art School in South Kensington before joining the Brogden firm as a designer, probably in the mid-1860s.

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Princess Zinaida Yusupova by François Flameng, 1894 (detail)

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Thomas Hudson,Lady Oxenden,circa 1755-56,detail

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A Portrait of Grand Princess Maria Aleksandrovna by Ivan Makarov (detail)

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The Royal Cast Iron Foundry – Königliche Eisengießerei in Gleiwitz

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Here’s the teaser for the short film I produced called “Above the Sea” — it’s what’s been keeping me from tumblr these last couple of months! We just had a screening at the AMPAS Linwood Dunn Theater in LA and it was fantastic.  http://abovetheseafilm.com/ http://www.facebook.com/abovetheseafilm

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The Vienna Secession

WW artists and craftsmen monogram 1905 (lithograph)

Designer: Koloman Moser

Printer:Chwalas Druck,Vienna

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"ABOVE THE SEA"

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Amsterdam; 1608

Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Kaersgieter,

Bartholomeus van der Helst 

V.O.C period, Golden Century

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“The Amber Necklace” (1930) by John Maler Collier (1850-1934).

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"Rare and highly prized, Berlin iron jewelry was initially fabricated in the last years of the 18th and early years of the 19th century. To boost the reserves and support Prussian war of liberation against Napoleon, citizens were asked to donate their gold, silver and precious gems. In return they received jewelry cast in iron, polished and lacquered to a matte black finish. Extraordinary pieces of delicate intricate open work forms were created using a plebian material... read more

Source (photo & text): Superlative Berlin Iron Bracelet - The Three Graces

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A page from “The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier” (1678) which describes the adventures of the French merchant and explorer Jean-Baptist Tavernier (1605-1689) across Persia and India. The "sketch A" is an original sketch of the Tavernier Blue - the precursor diamond to the Blue Diamond of the French Crown (aka the French Blue).