my little JAR

.I just received it today.

and it's a jewel of a book. diminutive-but with exquisitely detailed photography, JEWELS by JAR is part of the Met's exhibition of Jewels by the legendary jeweler-artist Joel A. Rosenthal, JAR

photographed on the midnight laid pages-JAR's Jewels are untethered from their worldly owners-to float as they should- in space-with space, infinitely as beautiful as their ancestors-the Camellia, the Butterfly.

the JEWELS are kept in a little black book a diminutive eight inches square & it is all fitted into a pink JAR slipcase.

in Harper's Bazaar September 2013 issue-the equally as exquisite Stella Tennant wears her JAR willow leaved earrings-

 "The ones that I fell for hook, line, and sinker were the willow-leaved earrings of chrysoberyls and diamonds. There is no front or back, no part that hasn't been given the same attention to detail. The inside of the clasp is diamond-encrusted. It may help grip the lobe, but that's not the point"-ST from Harper's Bazaar, Sept 2013.

 I'll never have my own JAR Jewel-but I've got the book-and that's really quite something.





all the images-other than my own-top two, and the photograph of Stella Tennant are from the book- JAR JEWELS, printed for the Exhibition of the same name at the Met.