Wednesday, December 29, 2010

FRENCH Antiques in Orange Country Sunday January 2nd Irvine GROVES

1890 Sacre Coeur Photo book

Ivory Sheet Aide Memoire

Saint Joan of Arc Relic



Rosary Bead Necklace Bracelet Combo




Guilloche Enamel Bracelet




1919 Masonic Peace Medal


FRENCHatHEART will be at the Groves antique market in Irvine this Sunday January 2nd, our first Show of 2011.


We will have many of New pieces to preview and hope to see you there... weather permitting.


If you cannot make it and would like to vistit our studio in Huntington Beach by appointment, please call Lynn at (714) 310-0702!


Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:

Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

HISTORY of MOTHER of PEARL Religious Rosary Beads Antique Jewelry LOURDES St Joan of ARC



We have a large selection of Religious antique and Mother of Pearl "One of a Kind" Jewelry pieces....



Sacre Coeur...



Lourdes...




Saint Joan of Arc....




the Virgin Mary....









History of Mother of Pearl...


mother-of-pearl or nacre , the iridescent substance that forms the lining of the shells of some fresh-water and some salt-water mollusks. Like the pearl it is a secretion of the mantle, composed of alternate layers of calcium carbonate and conchiolin. Among the chief sources are the pearl oyster, found in warm and tropical seas, chiefly in Asia; freshwater pearl mussels, which live in many rivers of the United States, Europe, and Asia; and the abalone of California, Japan, and other Pacific regions.

Happy Holidays ! !

Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:

www.FrenchAtHeart.com

Studio now open by appointment!

(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad

Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Lynn@FrenchAtHeart.com

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

History of LOURDES-French Antiques and Antique Jewelry





























Lourdes (Occitan: Lorda) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.

Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes that are reported to have occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous. At that time, the most prominent feature of the town was the fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its centre.

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1 Pilgrimages2 Geography3 History4 Sanctuary of Lourdes5 Ukrainian Church6 International relations 6.1 Twin towns - Sister cities7 Sport8 In popular culture9 Transport10 Education11 See also12 References13 External links
[edit] PilgrimagesFollowing the reports that Our Lady of Lourdes had appeared to Bernadette Soubirous on a total of eighteen occasions, Lourdes has developed into a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage and of alleged miraculous healings. The 150th Jubilee of the first apparition took place on 11 February 2008 with an outdoor mass attended by approximately 45,000 pilgrims.

Today Lourdes has a population of around 15,000 but is able to take in some 5,000,000 pilgrims and tourists every season. With about 270 hotels, Lourdes has the second greatest number of hotels per square kilometre in France after Paris.[citation needed]

It is the joint seat of the Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes and is the largest pilgrimage site in France, the second site being the Basilica of St. Thérèse (Lisieux), in Normandie.

Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:

Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad

Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Antique FRENCH Jewelry .....ONE of a KIND Pieces



We have LOT of new items listed this week, if you are looking for unique pieces to adorn yourself...please visit us soon!



















Happy Holidays ! !

Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
8422 Crane Circle
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Antique FRENCH Jewel CASKS Boxes with Beveled Glass
















After having collected this gems for years, we are pleased to offer some on our site.....great for holding your Favorite Family heirlom in Style!!



Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646



History of LOURDES-French Antiques and RELIGIOUS Jewelry ROSARY Relic HOLY WATER


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Please visit our Religious items on our site!










The Grotto was opened to the public, on the order of Napoleon III on 5 th. October 1858, the people began to clean it up. At the time of Bernadette, the Grotto was a dirty, hidden, damp and cold place. At Lourdes, the fact that Mary had appeared in a dirty and obscure Grotto, in the place called Massabielle, the Old Rock, tells us that God comes to join us where we are, in the midst of our poverty and failures.

A small wooden statue of Our Lady was placed in the crevice and surrounded by artificial flowers. In 1863, the de Lacour sisters offered to pay for a statue. Joseph Fabish, an artist from Lyon, was commissioned to carry out this work. The Grotto is a plain cavity in the rock and since 11th. February 1858, the date of the first Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette, the Grotto has become a place of prayer, of gathering and of devotion.

In Lourdes, chapels were built to receive the crowds that came here. But these chapels are only the signs of the communion based on the love to which we are called. The chapel is the "Church" that we want to build where we are, in our family, at our place of work, in our parish, in our diocese. All Christians spend their lives building the Church, living in communion with others.

At the back of the Grotto pilgrims pause in front of the spring that ran through the fingers of Bernadette Soubirous at the instigation of Our Lady. They like to leave flowers there or to take a photograph. Thus in this "shelter for pigs", where there was but dirty water, pure water appeared on 25 th. February 1858. Since then, it has continued to flow.

This internationally known place of pilgrimage welcomes over 5 million people: tourists, visitors and pilgrims during a period of 7 months (1st. April - 31st. October). To cater for this number of people a large number of facilities are available. Many pilgrims use the calm of the winter period to come to the Grotto. This season also has important Feasts such as 8th. December (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) and 11th. February (Anniversary of the 1st. Apparition). Access to the Grotto is available day and night throughout the year.


Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!

(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646








Monday, December 20, 2010

Antique Equestrian JEWELRY Necklaces Pendants STOCK Pins Listed













We have added new equestrain pieces to our site....

to preview them all simply type in HORSE in the GO bar on the top left hand corner of our home page...
Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646







Sunday, December 19, 2010

ENGLISH Horse Antique STOCK PINS Hallmarked Sterling SILVER







If you are an English Equestrian and are seeking a Sterling Silver stock pin for your next event.....we are pleased to present our latest offerings...

in addition to our stock pins, we also have Bridal rosette necklaces...

more to come , so please check back!
Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646




History of Antique FRENCH CHAMPLEVE Enamel and WAX SEAL



Champlevé is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or cells are carved or cast into the surface of a metal object, and filled with vitreous enamel. The piece is then fired until the enamel melts, and when cooled the surface of the object is polished.
The uncarved portions of the original surface remain visible as a frame for the enamel designs; typically they are gilded in medieval work. The name comes from the French for "raised field", "field" meaning background, though the technique in practice lowers the area to be enamelled rather than raising the rest of the surface.
Champlevé is suited to the covering of relatively large areas, and to figurative images, although it was first prominently used in Celtic art for geometric designs. In the Romanesque its potential was fully used, decorating caskets, plaques and vessels.
Champlevé is distinguished from the technique of cloisonné enamel in which the troughs are created by soldering flat metal strips to the surface of the object. The difference between the techniques is analogous to the woodworking techniques of intarsia and marquetry. It differs from the basse-taille technique, which succeeded it in the highest quality Gothic work, in that the bottoms of the recesses for the enamel are rough, and so only opaque enamel colours are used. In basse-taille the recesses are modelled, and translucent enamels are used, for more subtle effects, as in the 14th century Parisian Royal Gold Cup.
Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
8422 Crane Circle
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Antique FRENCH HOLY WATER Fonts RELIGIOUS















We are pleased to present our large collection of Antique Holy Water Fonts and other religious artifacts from France. See the link below to see our entire collection!

Happy Holidays ! !
Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad