Historic and Mysterious Jewelry Collection on Exhibit in London

When a demolition crew in 1912 discovered a cache of some 500 jewelry pieces and gems buried in a Cheapside cellar in London, they had no idea they had uncovered one of the greatest jewelry finds of the 20th century. This extraordinary and priceless cache of late-16th- and early-17th-century jewelry and gemstones is on display as a collection for the first time at the Museum of London through April 2014. The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels, sponsored by FabergĂ© and the mining company Gemfields, is consid…

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