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The North Yorkshire fishing port of Whitby is well known for its connectionswith Dracula and its medieval abbey, but it is most renowned for its jet. This hard, shiny gem, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but (luring the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. Jewellery manufactured in hundreds of workshops in and around Whitby was sold all over Europe, and is very collectable today. The authors trace the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Different types and styles of jet jewellery are examined, and the work of some of the best-known Whitby craftsmen is pictured.
Helen Muller was awarded the Tully Medal of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. She writes articles and gives lectures on jewellery, focusing on the Whitby jet industry.
Katy Muller developed her love of jet from her mother and has collected jet for many years.