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Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

Shepherd, Victoria

Paperback

ArchaeologyGeneral World HistoryJewelry

Publisher Price: $20.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 8, 2027

ISBN10: 1836431937
ISBN13: 9781836431930
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: Feb 8 2027
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.61
Language: English
A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers - the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.

'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' Lucy Worsley

June 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or 'Stony Jack' as he's better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite.

Stony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure.

Diving into London's bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling ride through Edwardian London, from the marble halls of the British Museum to the East End's maze of tenements and alleyways, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside oversees the transformation of the city into a modern metropolis.

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