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Silver Pendants
19th century
Silver Jewelry became more affordable because of advances in technology. Electroplating was invented. Tiffany and Company began producing Silverware in New York in the mid 1850s. The Navajo tribes of the American Southwest began working silver (learned from the Mexican artists) around the same time as well and had passed their skills onto the Zuni tribes by the 1870s. In England, Queen Victoria's fancies dictated fashion in almost every aspect. She started the revival of ancient Celtics motifs in Jewelry design that began in the middle of the century and at the end of the 19th century, she |
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started the aesthetic period that lasted until her death in 1901. During the Aesthetic period, fashions in Silver jewelry began to move away from the mass produced pieces that were prevalent at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Japanese royalty began wearing Shibuichi jewelry during this period. Nevada's Virginia City enjoyed the boom days of the Comstock Lode in the 1860s and 1870s, during which the mine produced millions of dollars worth of Silver. The Mayflower Silver mine in Nevada was discovered in the 1890s. |
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