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The Bruce Museum Opens ~ Bijoux: The Origins and Impact of Jewelry

artwork: Platinum, yellow sapphire and diamond bracelet mounted with 5 cushion cut Ceylon yellow sapphires, approximately 60.53 carats, 10 keystone cut yellow sapphires, approximately 8.61 carats and 75 round brilliant cut diamonds approximately 5.90 carats – signed OHB Designed by Oscar Heyman & Brothers. - Courtesy Betteridge Jewelers on behalf of private collector. - Photo © Betteridge Jewelers.


GREENWICH, CONN.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut presents the new exhibition Bijoux: The Origins and Impact of Jewelry from July 16, 2011, through February 26, 2012, featuring a magnificent array of different types of jewelry as well as samplings of minerals, precious stones and other materials from which artists have created an infinite variety of human adornment. The exhibition is organized by the Bruce Museum’s new Curator of Science, Dr. Gina C. Gould, and is supported by Betteridge Jewelers, the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund, Anne and Fred Elser, and Hank and Meryl Silverstein.