During the Napoleonic Wars, the King of Prussia as...  ...d loyal citizens to give up their gold and silver jewelry to finance the war effort. They did, but they als...  ...hey did, but they also got something in exchange: jewelry made of iron. The black forged jewelry was not...

Antique jewelry is nice, but sometimes it can be gruesome. You ne...  ...You never know when you'll come across a piece of jewelry at an estate sale that is made of a glass eye, a...  ...de of a glass eye, a bone, or a long-dead animal. Jewelry historian Monica McLaughlin tells...