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Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside
Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay
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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.
'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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Table of contents
- Prologue • The Letter
- Chapter I • The Cellar
- Chapter II • The Jewels Make an Entrance
- Chapter III • The Lawrence Family Guard the Treasure
- Chapter IV • The Jewels Go Out into the World
- Chapter V • A Pawnbroker’s Son
- Chapter VI • Insider Trading and the Egyptian Book of the Dead
- Chapter VII • The Hoard on Show in the Glittering Gold Room
- Chapter VIII • The Queen’s Private Views
- Chapter IX • Who Will Protect a Man These Days?
- Chapter X • The Treasures Go Back Underground
- Chapter XI • The Show Must Go On
- Chapter XII • The Question of Identity and the Original Owner
- Chapter XIII • The Chance of Escape
- Chapter XIV • A Reckoning
- Chapter XV • Making the Catalogue
- Chapter XVI • The Auction of Rings
- Chapter XVII • The Bank of England
- Chapter XVIII • Stage and Screen
- Chapter XIX • What We Leave Behind
- Chapter XX • The Postwar Ghost
- Chapter XXI • Looking for the St George Opal Ring
- Postscript
- Image Section
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Notes
- Copyright Page