The jewels of the French
This site, entitled The jewels of the French , goes beyond French regional jewellery or French traditional jewellery . It explores, in fact, the affection the French have with their jewellery as well as all their other objects in gold and silver. The special relationship we all have with precious metals is due to their high value, which makes their purchase expensive, their reception as a gift a privileged moment and their detention a source of pride as well as a responsibility. For their beauty, malleabi
The Gauls had excellent jewellers, and already by 1300 BC (at the time of Tutankhamen) made superb jewellery which was the equal of that of their contemporaries in Egypt, Greece or Rome. Very few of their jewels have survived as the Romans looted almost everything of value during their conquest of Gaul.