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Thoughts about "Ancient Creations" coin jewelry?
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There's a chain of shop in Vegas (the Venetian, Caesar's, Aladdin) called Ancient Creations that makes high-end jewelry out of ancient world coins.
As a jewelry and art enthusiast, I have to say I think their stuff is beautiful. Very much treating ancient coins as the jewels that they are, and then building stunning and generally complimentary settings around the coins.
Some of the more interesting pieces I saw this past weekend included Chinese "knife" and "spade" money, complete with original patina, set in thick 18k gold settings and offered as brooches and pendants. They do (their categories, not mine): Greek, Roman, Spanish/Portuguese, Byzantine, Oriental, Holy Land, Persian/Parthian, Medieval-European
Here are some samples of their work:
Their prices aren't cheap, either. The 1645 9 pence above with sapphires and diamonds is about $8,000, and the bracelet in the last pic above with emeralds and diamonds in 14k retails for $3,795.
Unfortunately, it *seems* that they give some of the coins a light polish on the high points, and the center of the copper coins in particular appear to have a little rub at the focal point of the coin that gives them a slight "glow", for lack of a better word. Other than that, it seems like they take care not to damage the coins as they sit in the settings.
Is this acceptable artwork, or ugly and blasphemous?
As a jewelry and art enthusiast, I have to say I think their stuff is beautiful. Very much treating ancient coins as the jewels that they are, and then building stunning and generally complimentary settings around the coins.
Some of the more interesting pieces I saw this past weekend included Chinese "knife" and "spade" money, complete with original patina, set in thick 18k gold settings and offered as brooches and pendants. They do (their categories, not mine): Greek, Roman, Spanish/Portuguese, Byzantine, Oriental, Holy Land, Persian/Parthian, Medieval-European
Here are some samples of their work:
Their prices aren't cheap, either. The 1645 9 pence above with sapphires and diamonds is about $8,000, and the bracelet in the last pic above with emeralds and diamonds in 14k retails for $3,795.
Unfortunately, it *seems* that they give some of the coins a light polish on the high points, and the center of the copper coins in particular appear to have a little rub at the focal point of the coin that gives them a slight "glow", for lack of a better word. Other than that, it seems like they take care not to damage the coins as they sit in the settings.
Is this acceptable artwork, or ugly and blasphemous?
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
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Best images are at the bottom of the home page, sorted by category
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