Lover’s Eye Jewelry

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the Georgian fad of Lover’s Eye Jewelry, as well as the scandalous intrigue behind such pieces, that you can have your cake and eat it too if you’re King, and how many ways you can incorporate eyes into precious items without it being super creepy.

Information pulled from the following sources:

• 2020 JSTOR Daily article by Allison C. Meier

• 2019 Artsy article by Alexxa Gotthardt

• 2019 Forbes article by Kyle Roderick

• 2018 Katie Considers blog post

• 2014 National Jeweler article by Michelle Graff

• 2012 Birmingham Museum of Art Exhibition article

• 2012 Incollect article by Graham C. Boettcher

• 1st Dibs The Study blog post by Abigail R. Esman

• Britannica

• International Gem Society article by Douglas S. LeGrand, GG

• Wikipedia

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