As it’s #worldbookday here’s a sneak peak of our best kept secret! Located upstairs at the #MuseumofWhitbyJet is our gemstone and jewellery library. The library is free to be enjoyed by all, but please note, booking is required in advance.
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This year we played host again to the incredible Dracula Anniversary Tour, who every year make a pilgrimage to visit as many destinations in the Dracula story as possible, finishing at Whitby with a talk by Dacre Stoker 🦇
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The Museum of Whitby Jet is back open today following our annual maintenance to the historic Wesleyan chapel where we’re based.
We look forward to welcoming you back soon!
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This beautiful #WhitbyJet brooch oozes with the love, regard and fidelity that it’s delicately carved rose centre was designed to represent.
Visit Art of Mourning for more explorative posts about #Floriography (language of flowers) in collaboration with the #MuseumofWhitbyJet 🖤
A beautiful Victorian Whitby Jet brooch and earring set carved with the beautiful Spring flower Muscari or Grape Hyacinth.
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Incredible cameo brooch featuring Pope Pius IX, carved by Victorian Jet worker William Stonehouse.
On display in our cameo cabinet at the Museum of Whitby Jet.
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We love helping people unlock the secrets of their #WhitbyJet #jewellery !
Just the other day, we were able to confirm that a #cameo portrayed King Owsy and Queen Eanflaed, the king and queen of Northumbria from 654 AD and was carved by jet worker William Lund
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Many thanks to all the speakers and delegates who attended the recent 70th anniversary conference of the Midlands Gemmological Association.
Talks were given about the auction industry, pearls, sapphires, tortoiseshell and our very own #WhitbyJet
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A very rare and opulent demi-parure of Jet jewellery featuring Limoges enamel; named after the city of Limoges in central France, where enamelling was a mastered skill and a specialty trade.
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Just in time for World Wildlife Day, we thought we’d share something a bit more contemporary. This incredible vulture was carved by one of @whamondjewellers expert lapidaries, every feather painstakingly engraved onto its surface.
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