The broader Rediscovering Gems exhibition focuses on classical gems as a whole, paying special attention to how these objects were appreciated in subsequent centuries. A glass display case will ...

Now Rolls-Royce has revealed the second Droptail, named after the gemstone amethyst, that exhibits an exquisite purple paint job, acres of open-pore wood, and actual amethyst gems. View Photos ...

Yet by 1917, the purple glass was so highly sought after that architect J. Harleston Parker apparently used his professional connections to get his hands on a stash of old glass for his home at ...