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Antiques Uncovered

Ceremony (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | History
In this episode Dr Lucy Worsley and Mark Hill uncover the history of Ceremony via antiques. We Learn about weddings, via jewellery from the Poesy ring to the diamond ring we learn how a diamond is cut and where the measurement carat came ...See moreIn this episode Dr Lucy Worsley and Mark Hill uncover the history of Ceremony via antiques. We Learn about weddings, via jewellery from the Poesy ring to the diamond ring we learn how a diamond is cut and where the measurement carat came from. We also learn about the history of the Wedding dress. After the wedding the next important Ceremony is the Christening. We learn about the giving of the Pewter Porringer in which the mother would have been give porridge to recover from having just given birth. We learn how a Pewter Porringer was traditionally made. We then learn about funerals from the black jet necklace to the difference in time that a man or woman would be expected to mourn for their loss. We learn about the development of hair jewellery such as a brochures with some hair of your departed loved one in to have as a memory of them. We then learn about the Ceremonial Sword such as the beheading sword as use in public executions. We learn the way a Ceremonial Sword was traditionally made and the use of various Ceremonial Swords during the coronation of a king or queen. This leads into the collection of Royal Coronation Memorabilia, e'g. Commemorative mugs, plates, etc. We then learn about the history of the Olympics though the collections of Olympic Memorabilia and finally we learn about the Festival of Britain. Written by Fanz of Lucy Worsley (Robcamstone) See less
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Director
Neil Ferguson
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Neil Ferguson
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Updated May 16, 2012
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May 16, 2012 (United States)

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Lucy Worsley
Self - Historian (Presenter) Self - Historian (Presenter)   See fewer
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber (2013)
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Self - Antiques expert (Presenter) Self - Antiques expert (Presenter)   See fewer
Collectaholics (2014)
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