The Edwardian Era

This 10-part series is a journey in "Jewellery Through the Ages" beginning in the Georgian era and going all the way up to modern day. In this episode, Matthew and Alyce discuss the Edwardian era, the last period named after its reigning monarch. This period of relative peace, prosperity and stability in Europe combined with some major advancements in technology to have a huge impact on the jewellery of the day and it also saw the emergence of platinum for the first time. Selected Jewellery Icons of the Edwardian period are the Cartier brothers and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Producer: Ross Hannon www.courtville.ie