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A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.’ Lucy Worsley<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or ‘Stony Jack’ as he’s better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite.<\/p>\n

Stony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure.<\/p>\n

Diving into London’s bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling ride through Edwardian London, from the marble halls of the British Museum to the East End’s maze of tenements and alleyways,\u00c2\u00a0Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside<\/em> oversees the transformation of the city into a modern metropolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15971],"product_tag":[881,27489,7395,4184,32184],"class_list":{"0":"post-114238","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-travel","6":"product_tag-antiques-collectables-jewellery","7":"product_tag-european-history-renaissance","8":"product_tag-forgery-falsification-theft-of-artworks","9":"product_tag-historical-geography","10":"product_tag-industrial-archaeology","11":"pa_book_author-shepherd-victoria","12":"pa_cover-paperback","13":"pa_dewey-745-10942109041-edition23","14":"pa_imprint-oneworld","15":"pa_language-english","16":"pa_pages-8562","17":"pa_publisher-oneworld","18":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","20":"first","21":"instock","22":"taxable","23":"shipping-taxable","24":"purchasable","25":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nStony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers - the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! 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