The Retail Jeweler's Guide
Edition: 5th edition
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: November 1994
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780750620499
Subjects: General; Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery); Antiques & collectables: jewellery; Distributive industries; Reference; Business/Economics
First sentence: Craftsmen have been making jewellery from gold for more than 6000 years, and it is not difficult to understand why the craftsmen of so many different civilizations have worked in this metal.