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Museum Quality.(The Good Life; Shopping)(jewelry sold by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and London Victoria Albert Museum)(Brief article)

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Byline: Jenna Crombie

Sometimes a museum's best pieces are found not in its galleries but in the gift shop. London's Victoria and Albert Museum sells an unusual 18-karat gold ring set with pave diamonds, designed for the shop by Alexandra Jefford, who was inspired by an 18th-century Japanese screen ...

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