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Index of jewellery types by technique


Enamelling and other surface techniques


Bartlett, Lynne, JHT9:13, JHT9:13 ill, JHT39:15

... anodised aluminium, dyed using lemon slices, JHT39:15 ill

... 'Golden Opportunity,' report (Winter School, University of Padua), JHT26:14

... heat-coloured titanium sheet using lemon slices as resist, JHT39:15 ill

... 'Titanium the magical metal' (SJH lecture, 2020), JHT39:17

cloisonné techniques

... enamel technology and cloisonné technique (Russia), JS6:13–15

'Emaux de Bresse. Joyaux du quotidien' (exhibition, Musée départmental de la Bresse, France, 2014-15), JHT21:11, JHT21:19

... review of, JHT21:11

enamel and enamelling techniques (Roman period)

... analysis of samples, and techniques of, JS5:66–69, JS5:68tab

... brooches and brooch decoration, JS5:64(b) ill, JS5:66

... colours, and analysis of, JS5:66–74, JS5:67 ill, JS5:70tab

... metal surface, and attachment methods, JS5:65

... millefiori enamel decoration, JS5:64(b) ill, JS5:65, JS5:68tab, JS5:69, JS5:70, JS5:71 ill

... opacifiers, and use of, JS5:69

... opaque yellow and white enamel, analysis of, JS5:69–71, JS5:75

... orange, and analysis of, JS5:74

... red, and analysis of, JS5:71–74, JS5:71 ill, JS5:72tab, JS5:73 ill, JS5:75–76

... workshops and dating, JS5:65–66

enamel and enamelling techniques (Russia), JS8:5-6

... Byzantine comparisons and influences, JS6:12, JS6:12 ill, JS6:13tab, JS6:15

enamel colloquium (British Museum, 1985)

... Arminjon, Catherine, paper for, JS3:85–86

... England, Pamela A., paper for, JS3:84–85

... Mitchell, John, paper for, JS3:84

... Ogden, Jack, paper for, JS3:84

Enamel Road, from Siena, Paris, London and Lisbon, leads to Lucknow, The' (Keene, Manuel) JS10:99–117

enamel technology and cloisonné technique, JS6:13–15

... Kiev, enamel works at, JS6:5

... kólti, JS6:5, JS6:6 ill–11 ill

... medallion chains, JS6:6–17, JS6:8 ill

... metallic substrate, JS6:13, JS6:13tab

... ronde-bosse enamel, JS8:5

... Theophilus (monk), view of, JS6:5

... x-ray radiography and spectrometry, and analysis, JS6:13–17, JS6:14 ill, JS6:16tab

‘Enamelled insets for Jewellery from the 17th to the Early 20th Century’ (SJH lecture, Speel, Erika, 2015), JHT2:14

Enamelled Victorian Commemorative Locket, An, Duncan, Sarah JHT39:6, JHT39:6 ill

enamelling and enamelled jewels.

... devotional necklace with attached reliquary (?), gold, silver, enamel, garnets, rock crystal, glass, pearls (French, mid-16th C.), JHT45:11 ill

... 'dipped' enamels, JS10:119n18

... European influences on in Indian design and technique, JS10:99–100, JS10:105–106, JS10:112–113

... Linton, James W. R., nocturne pendant, 1911-17, silver, moonstone and enamel, JSO2016/1:9 ill, JSO2016/1:12

... 'Lyte Jewel' locket (Waddesdon Bequest, British Museum), JHT24:7, JHT24:7 ill, JSO2020/3:15 ill

... mourning slide, enamelled gold, rock crystal and hair with 'E.B' initials (British, 1697), JSO2020/2:3 ill, JSO2020/2:7, JSO2020/2:7 ill

... mourning slide, enamelled gold, rock crystal and hair with 'I.C' initials (British, c.1700), JSO2020/2:6 ill, JSO2020/2:7

... open book design ring, gold and enamel, Northern Netherlands, c.1640-1660, JHT45:1 ill

... pendant, depicting a Nereid and Child, enamelled gold with baroque pearls, diamonds, emeralds and rubies (Germany or Italy, late 16th C.), JHT47:15 ill

... pendant, enamelled gold and green turquoise (Charles Ricketts, made by Carlo and Arthur Giuliano, 1899), JSO2020/3:6, JSO2020/3:6 ill

... pendant, 'Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene', hinged gold and enamel, with portrait of Edith Cooper (designed by Charles de Sousy Ricketts, made by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, 1901), JSO2020/3:3 ill, JSO2020/3:4, JSO2020/3:5 ill, JSO2020/3:7, JSO2020/3:11 ill, JSO2020/3:14 ill, JSO2020/3:14-16

... pendant, 'Psyche Descending into Hell', enamelled gold with gemstones (Charles Ricketts, made by Carlo and Arthur Giuliano, 1904), JSO2020/3:7 ill

... pendant medallion, portrait of Amaryllis 'Ryllis' Hacon, gold and enamel (by Charles Ricketts, 1900), JSO2020/3:4, JSO2020/3:4 ill, JSO2020/3:7-9, JSO2020/3:8 ill

... plaque with 'Madonna and Child Enthroned' (after Sir James Dromgole Linton), 1903-04, enamelling by James W.R.Linton, JSO2016/1:7 ill, JSO2016/1:9

... ring, black opal and enamelled gold (Henry WIlson, c.1900-20), JSO2020/3:7 ill

... Scientific Studies of Enamelled Gold Jewellery: Helping to Distinguish Between Old and New (Wypyski, Mark T.), JHT3:3–4

... techniques and processes used, JS10:100–101

... Triptych Firescreen (Nelson and Edith Dawson), wrought and forged iron, steel, silver and enamel (1903), JSO2016/1:5, JSO2016/1:5 ill

‘Fired with Enthusiasm - a personal journey creating enamel portrait miniatures’ (SJH lecture, Hoyte Byrom, Gillie, 2010), JHT9:14

Goa (India)

... enamelling techniques, and development of, JS10:49–50, JS10:99–100, JS10:118n2, JS10:118n9

'Guilloche, the Machines, Techniques and Products' (Wood-Heath, David, SJH lecture, 2013, postponed from 2012), JHT17:18

'Minakari: Where Flowers Bloom. The History and Art of Enamelling in India (SJH lecture, Balakrishnan, Usha, 2022), JHT45:18

Niello before the Romans (La Niece, Susan), JS8:49–55

niello technique

... Ioannina, and silversmithing traditions of savati, JHT40:10-11

... pre-Roman and Roman era, JS8:49–55

... production methods, JS8:50–52

Painted Enamels: An Illustrated Survey 1500-1920 (Speel, Erika)

... review of, JHT3:10

Scientific Studies of Enamelled Gold Jewellery: Helping to Distinguish Between Old and New (Wypyski, Mark T.), JHT3:3–4

Technological Characteristics of Roman Enamels (Henderson, Julian) JS5:65–76

Theophilus (monk)

... enamel and enamelling, view of, JS6:5

'Titanium the magical metal' (SJH lecture, Bartlett, Lynne, 2020), JHT39:17


Imitations and fakes


All that Glitters is not Gold Leaf: Painted jewels in two double portraits of King James V of Scotland and his wife Marie of Guise (Woodward, Hannah), JHT25:3-4

'Bogus or Real: Jewellery and the Capture of Human Drama' (Baines, Robert, SJH lecture, 2016), JHT27:18

Birmingham Jewellers Association

... Rolled Gold, Gilt and Imitation Manufacturers Trade Section, JS3:70

Castellani, Alessandro

... copies and forgeries by, JHT45:14

Counterfeiting Jewels in the 17th Century: Enhancement, Imitation, and Deceit (Jensen, Anna Lisa), JHT26:3-4

Davy, Humphrey (Sir)

... imitation jewellery, references to, JS3:51

de Ruolz, Henri C.

... silver-substitute metal, and patents for, JS6:78

Imitation as the sincerest form of flattery... Renaissance Revival Jewels from the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Orr, Lucinda), JHT44:3-5

imitation jewellery

... Abyssinian gold, JS6:78

... Albo and Albo silver, JS3:53 ill–54 ill, JS3:62

... aluminium and alloys of, references to, JS3:52, JS3:71n12, JS6:78

... base metal alloys, and use of in 18th and 19th centuries, JS6:77–78

... 'Bristows' (rock crystal), JHT26:3

... 'British Gold' (J. Stirling, patent by), JS6:77

... 'Canadian silverine' jewellery, JS3:56

... 'cinque-cento' pendant jewels (Stowe Sale), JS7:51, JS7:51 ill

... copper alloys, JS6:78

... Counterfeiting Jewels in the 17th Century: Enhancement, Imitation, and Deceit (Jensen, Anna Lisa), JHT26:3-4

... and 'faking' Renaissance jewels (19th C), JS7:49–56, JS7:51 ill–56 ill

... foils, and use of in gem setting, JHT26:3

... 'Gold of the Period' (Stiefbold and Cory), JS3:57

... Indian gold, JS7:18

... Ladies Gazette of Fashion, advertisements for, JS3:50 ill

... 'Mannheim' gold, JS6:77

... 'Mazeline' (Macmillan & Co.), JS3:59

... 'Mexican silver,' JS3:56 ill, JS3:63

... Mosaic Gold, JS3:71n7, JS6:77

... N.C. Reading & Co. (Birmingham), makers of, JS3:49

... nineteenth century, and study of, JS3:49–70

... 'Orissus Gold' (Edwin Bennett), JS3:57

... 'Oroide Gold' (Charles Courtney Rowe), JS3:57–59, JS6:77

... Pyke's 'Abyssinian Gold,' JS3:50 ill, JS3:51–56

... silver substitutes, JS3:59, JS6:77–78

... substitute precious metals, JS3:49, JS6:77–78

... terms used for and trade names, JS3:51, JS3:59

... 'Toucas silver' (George Toucas), JS6:78

... trade marks for, JS3:51 ill, JS3:52 ill, JS3:55 ill, JS3:62–63

'Incredulity of St Thomas' Jewel (pre-1837) and related fakes prior to Vasters, The (Tait, Hugh), JS7:49–56

Ladies Gazette of Fashion

... advertisements for imitation jewellery, JS3:50 ill, JS3:56

Lionel & Alfred Pyke (company, London), JS3:50 ill, JS3:51

... 'Canadian silverine' jewellery, JS3:56

... imitation jewellery produced by, JS3:51

... Pyke's 'Abyssinian Gold,' JS3:51–56

'Lombard Treasure,' JS4:59–71, JS4:60 ill–70 ill

... authenticity, and doubts relating to, JS4:61–62

... British Museum, purchase of fakes from, JS4:63

... Kendrick, Thomas (Sir), involvement with, JS4:61

... 'Lombard Treasure' (1930-1990) (Kidd, Dafydd) JS4:59–71

painting jewels

... limning, and instructions for, JHT25:4

... metal leaf, and use of (16th C.), JHT25:3-4

... Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey (National Gallery), preview of, JHT7:11

... 'Painting Jewels’ workshop (National Gallery, 2019), report on, JHT37:16

Pinchbeck, Charles, JS6:77

Pinchbeck, Christopher, JS3:51, JHT22:10

Scientific Studies of Enamelled Gold Jewellery: Helping to Distinguish Between Old and New (Wypyski, Mark T.), JHT3:3–4

Silber and Fleming (Wood Street, London), JS3:71n19

... imitation jewellery, trade in, JS3:56

Vasters, Reinhold, JS7:49

... background of, JS7:50

... career of, JS7:49

... forgeries made by, JS7:49–50

... 'Heron-Cup,' JS7:49

Verneuil, Auguste

... 'reconstituting' gemstones, patent for (1902), JHT20:5

'What tricks, what device': counterfeits, 'magical' gems and imitation jewellery from Roman times to the present day' (SJH study day, Haughton International 'Art and Antiques London' Fair, 2015), JHT24:17


Metal-working and tools


'Ancient Indian mining metallurgy and metal industries' (Kappuram, G.), JS7:16

bábul work (babul, khárdár or 'Work of Thorns') technique, JS7:13–35

... alloys used, JS7:17–18

... assaying of, JS7:20–21

... gold, and examination of, JS7:34–35, JS7:34 ill

... granulation, and similarities with, JS7:21, JS7:23–24

... hollow points, production of and experimentation on, JS7:30–31, JS7:30 ill

... imitation gold jewellery, JS7:18

... manufacturing methods, JS7:21–23

... microscopic (SEM) examination of, JS7:24–34, JS7:24 ill–30 ill, JS7:33 ill–34 ill

... naming of and meaning, JS7:21

... purification, and techniques (Indian gold), JS7:15–16

... soldering and solders used, JS7:18–20, JS7:22–23, JS7:25–26, JS7:25 ill–26 ill, JS7:32–34, JS7:33 ill–34 ill

... solid points, production of and experimentation on, JS7:31–32, JS7:32 ill

... weights, of Indian gold, JS7:14–15

... Work of Thorns (Farmer, Vivienne) JS7:13–35

'Berlin Iron'

... bracelet, iron, steel, polished brass (J.C. Geiss, Berlin, 1820s), Germanisches Nationalmuseum JHT39:11 ill

... 'Delicate Like Iron - Jewellery from a private collection' (exhibition, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany, 2021-22), JHT42:19

... 'Prussia's Black Brilliance' (exhibition, Rheinisches Eisenkunstguss-Museum, Germany, 2018), JHT33:19

'Zart wie Eisen - Delicate like Iron' (exhibition, Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 2022), JHT45:19

bidri metalware, JS10:69, JS10:72

... hookah base, from Hyderabad (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), JS10:72 ill

... Mughal influence on, JS10:73

Bronze Age Penannular Gold Rings from the British Isles: Technology and Composition (Meeks, Nigel D., Craddock, Paul T. & Needham, Stuart P.), JS11:13–29

Byzantine gold collar from Assiût: A technological study (Niemeyer, Barbara), JS8:87–95

casting techniques

... gold beads using bar support, 11th century, Egypt or Syria, JSO2024/3:4

Comparison of recent analyses of British Late Bronze Age goldwork with Irish parallels, A (Hook, D. R.) JS3:15–24

Composition and Structure of a Byzantine Torc, The (Hockey, Marilyn) JS3:33–39

'Digital Tools and New Technologies in contemporary jewellery' (SJH lecture, Alexander, Dauvit, 2015), JHT24:18

Electron-probe Microanalysis (EPMA)

... enamel (Roman period), and analysis of, JS5:66, JS5:68tab

Etruscan goldsmithing, JHT52:18

Falize, Alexis

... use of the shakudo technique, JHT51:9

foil

... from Susa (Iran), mid-2nd millennium BC, JS3:5–8, JS3:8 ill, JS3:9 ill

'Fresh Scientific insights in ancient Egyptian gold technology' (SJH lecture, Guerra, Maria Filomena, 2022), JHT44:18

Gee, George E.

... 'Jewellers Assistant to Working in Gold,' JS7:17–18

gilding and gilding techniques

... Phoenician earring, and scientific examination of, JS1:10 ill–11 ill, JS1:11–12, JS1:12 ill

Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia: A History (Erickson, Dorothy)

... review of, JHT12:9

gold granulation

... in Etruscan jewellery, JSO2024/3:14 ill–16 ill, JSO2024/3:14–17, JSO2024/3:18 ill–21 ill

goldsmithing techniques

... 3rd to 9th century AD, and sources for, JS11:48, JS11:61tab

... 4th century BC to 2nd century AD, and sources for, JS11:46, JS11:47 ill–49 ill, JS11:60tab

... 9th century to turn of 9th/10th century, and sources for, JS11:49–50, JS11:61tab

... 10th century to first half of 11th century, and sources for, JS11:50–51, JS11:50 ill, JS11:62tab

... 11th century (2nd half) to turn of 12th/13th century, and sources for, JS11:51–52, JS11:52 ill, JS11:62tab

... alchemy, and formulae for, JS11:46, JS11:48

... Arabic chemical-technical texts, as source for, JS11:50, JS11:51–52

... from beginnings to 5th century BC, and sources for, JS11:46, JS11:60tab

... chemo-technical recipes, JS11:48, JS11:49

... Compositiones , as a source of, JS11:49, JS11:58n27, JS11:58n37

... Compositiones Matritensis , as a source of, JS11:49, JS11:52

... De lapidibus of Pseudo-Damigeron , as source for, JS11:48

... gilding and gilding techniques, JS11:46

... goldsmiths’ workshops, and depictions of (14th/15th C.), JS11:52 ill–55 ill, JSO2018/3:9 ill

... Heraclius III , as a source for, JS11:52

... historical sources for, general overview, JS11:46, JS11:63–66

... Liber Sacerdotum , as a source for, JS11:49–50

... Mappae Clavicula , as source for, JS11:48, JS11:49, JS11:52, JS11:58n28, JS11:58n37

... 'On the Noble and illustrious Art of Goldsmithing' , as source for, JS11:50

... 'Physica et Mystica' of Pseudo-Demokrit (1st/2nd century, from writings of Bolos of Mende), as source for, JS11:46

... Schedula Diversarum Artium (Theophilus), as a source for, JS11:52–56

... soldering techniques, and descriptions of, JS11:54–55, JS11:57n3

... tools of the trade, and references in rabbinic texts, JSO2018/3:4-21

... Written Sources on the History of Goldsmithing Techniques from the Beginnings to the End of the 12th Century (Wolters, Jochem), JS11:46–66

goldsmithing tools in rabbinic texts. See also goldsmithing techniques

... aggadic and halakhic texts, JSO2018/3:13-14, JSO2018/3:17-20

... anvil and [sledge] hammer, JSO2018/3:11-15

... and archaeological findings, JSO2018/3:17, JSO2018/3:17n77

... balance scales, and historic evidence for, JSO2018/3:16-21, JSO2018/3:17 ill-18 ill

... cleaning guidance and ritual purity, JSO2018/3:13, JSO2018/3:17-19

... goldsmelters tube, JSO2018/3:5-6

... goldsmiths's anvil base, and ritual impurity, JSO2018/3:7-8

... lengths and measurements (balance cords and hammer handles), JSO2018/3:13, JSO2018/3:19-21

... libra weighing instruments, JSO2018/3:16, JSO2018/3:17 ill-18 ill, JSO2018/3:18

... Mishnah Kelim The, references to, JSO2018/3:13, JSO2018/3:18-19

... rabbinic texts, and references to, JSO2018/3:4-21

... statera weighing instruments, JSO2018/3:16

... tongs, JSO2018/3:9-10

... Tosefta, The, and Kelim Baba Batra, references to, JSO2018/3:17-19

... wool-combers scales, JSO2018/3:18-19

granulation

... bábul work (khárdár or 'Work of Thorns'), and similarities with, JS7:21, JS7:23–24

... belt fittings, gold sheet, wire and granulation, 13th C. (Qipchaq steppe) (Khalili Collection), JHT27:9 ill

... bow fibula, Regolini-Galassi tomb, JS5:43, JS5:43 ill

... brooch, gold (Italy, 3-4th C BC), JS3:8, JS3:11 ill–13 ill

... Castellani, Alessandro, and use of in designs, JS5:113–16, JS5:114 ill–15 ill

... chamfron, gold with granules (Hunnish, 4th C.) (Walters Art Gallery), JS8:57 ill

... double finger ring (Roman, from Amrit), JS2:11, JS2:11 ill, JS2:19

... double-row granulation, and significance of (Palestrina cylinders), JS5:43–47

... earring, gold (Susa, Iran), JS3:5, JS3:5 ill

... electrum pendant (from Larsa, Iraq), JS2:7 ill, JS2:9

... foil, gold (Susa, Iran), JS3:5–8, JS3:8 ill–9 ill

... goldwork in antiquity, and descriptions of, JS6:73–74

... Phoenician earring, and scientific examination of, JS1:3, JS1:3 ill, JS1:4, JS1:10–11, JS1:10 ill–11 ill

... use of word, and language equivalents, JS6:73–74

Granulation and a Greek Astronaut (Ogden, Jack), JS6:73–76

'Guilloche, the Machines, Techniques and Products' (SJH lecture, Wood-Heath, David, 2012), JHT14:18

hallmarking

... Corfu, silver marks of,JHT4:5ill-6ill

... Egyptian Department of Hallmarks (20th C.), JHT25:10 ill

... South Africa, JHT18:5, JHT18:6, JHT18:6 ill

Jewellery Technology in the Ancient & Medieval World (Ogden, Jack)

... JS review by Hugo Miguel Crespo, JSOR2024/2:2–5

joining techniques

... ancient gold jewellery collection (in the Louvre), examination of, JS3:5–13, JS3:6 ill–8 ill, JS3:9 ill, JS3:12 ill–13 ill

... brazing, JS3:8–12

... brooch (Italy, 3-4th C BC), JS3:11 ill, JS3:12 ill–13 ill

... hard-soldering techniques by diffusion bonding, JS3:5–8, JS3:12 ill

... without solder, JS3:5

Joining Techniques in ancient gold jewellery (Duval, A.R., Eluère, C., Hurtel, L.P. ) JS3:5-13

kintsugi technique, JHT51:15

Laboratoire de Recherche des Musées de France

... ancient gold jewellery collection (in the Louvre), examination of, JS3:5–13

Late Bronze Age goldwork bracelets and analysis of Hartmann, A. JS3:17, JS3:17

Late Antique Jewellery: Pierced Work and Hollow Beaded Wire (Ogden, Jack) JS4:5–11

'Marriage of new and traditional technology in the making of a 21st-century Goldsmiths' Company commission' (Conway, Ros, SJH lecture, 2013), JHT17:18

Middle Byzantine enamelled medallion construction, JSOR2024/2:3 ill

Notes on South African silver-and goldsmithing (van Staden, Fred), JHT18:5-6

Ogden, Jack

... Jewellery Technology in the Ancient & Medieval World, JS review of, JSOR2024/2:2–5

opus interrasile

... bracelet (Christie's sale, 1970), JS1:16, JS1:17 ill

... Christie's sale (1970), collection of, JS1:17, JS1:18 ill

... collar, gold (Byzantine, from Assiût), JS8:87–95, JS8:87 ill–93 ill

... hexagonal pendants (Christie's sale, 1970), JS1:17, JS1:18 ill, JS1:64(a) ill

... lion-hunt plaque (British Museum), JS4:5 ill, JS4:7 ill, JS4:8

... manufacturing technique, JS4:6–8, JS4:6 ill–7 ill

... necklet components (Egypt), British Museum, JS4:5 ill

... plaque (Asia Minor), British Museum, JS1:15–16, JS1:15 ill

... replication experiments, JS4:5–11

... trapezoidal gold plaque (4th C AD), British Museum, JS1:16–17, JS1:16 ill, JS1:17 ill

... use of term, and meaning and origin, JS4:5–6, JS4:10–11

... workshop, production of, JS1:17

'On the Noble and Illustrious Art of Goldsmithing' (11th century treatise), JS11:50

Organarium

... description of, Theophilus JS8:66–67, JS8:67 ill

... testing of, Baines, Robert JS8:68–69, JS8:69 ill

... testing of, Daly, Jerry JS8:67, JS8:67 ill, JS8:69

... testing of, Foltz, E. JS8:68–69

painting jewels

... limning, and instructions for, JHT25:4

... metal leaf, and use of (16th C.), JHT25:3-4

Pangaeus (Thrace)

... gold mines, JS6:73

penannular gold rings from British Isles (Bronze Age), JS11:13–29, JS11:16 ill–18 ill, JS11:21 ill

... casting technology, JS11:18 ill, JS11:24–25, JS11:28

... colour, JS11:25–26, JS11:28–29

... composition of, JS11:13, JS11:14–17, JS11:15tab

... decorated rings (solid gold), JS11:17–18, JS11:18 ill, JS11:19 ill

... distribution of finds, JS11:28

... examination, methods and SEM/EDX analysis of, JS11:14

... forms and manufacturing techniques, JS11:13, JS11:22–23

... function and use of, JS11:13, JS11:27–28

... general descriptions of, JS11:17–24

... gold content, JS11:14–17

... gold plated on white metal core, with punched decoration, JS11:14, JS11:15tab, JS11:18–20, JS11:19 ill–20 ill, JS11:23–24, JS11:26 ill

... gold plated rings with copper alloy core, JS11:13, JS11:15tab

... hollow thick foil rings with no core, JS11:20, JS11:20 ill

... metallurgy and metalworking techniques (Bronze Age), JS11:28–29

... parallels to finds elsewhere, JS11:28

... plating and decoration technology, JS11:25

... silver, composition of stripes and silver availability, JS11:26–27

... solder (Bronze Age period), JS11:27

... solid gold alloy rings, JS11:13, JS11:15tab, JS11:17–18, JS11:18 ill

... Specific Gravity Measurements (SG), JS11:14

... striped with silvery gold alloy wire circumferentially inlaid, JS11:13–14, JS11:15tab, JS11:20–23, JS11:21 ill–25 ill

precious metals

... colour aesthetics of, JS5:29–30

Pressblech technique

... Staffordshire Hoard, and examples of, JHT13:5

properties, and ancient use of gold and silver, JS5:29–30

rolled-gold jewellery, JSO2021/3:5 ill

... American manufacturers of, JSO2021/3:6

... manufacturing techniques, JSO2021/3:6

... Rolled Gold, Gilt and Imitation Manufacturers Trade Section (Birmingham Jewellers Association), JS3:70

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) examinations, JS6:5–17

... bábul work, collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, JS7:24–34, JS7:24 ill–30 ill

... brooch, gold (Italy, 3-4th C BC), JS3:6–8, JS3:13 ill

... earring, gold (Susa, Iran), JS3:5, JS3:6 ill–7 ill

... enamel (Roman period), and analysis of, JS5:66

... foil, gold (Susa, Iran), JS3:5–8

... Late Bronze Age goldwork bracelets, and analysis of, JS3:17, JS3:19, JS3:20 ill

... Phoenician earring (c.7th C), JS1:4–5, JS1:5 ill–6 ill, JS1:8, JS1:10, JS1:12

shakudo technique, JHT51:9

Significance of Double-row Granulation from Palestrina, The (Baines, Robert) JS5:43–47

Some Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Jewellery Alloys (Ogden, Jack), JS6:77–78

Technical Educator (journal)

... metals classification levels, references to, JS3:49

Theophilus (monk)

... De Diveris Artibus, JS8:57, JS8:61–62, JS8:66–67, JS8:79

... organarium (tool), and description of, JS8:66–67, JS8:67 ill

Trivia Talmudica: Towards the Identification of the Goldsmith's Working Tools (Grossmark, Professor Tziona, JS paper, 2018), JHT32:17, JSO2018/3:4-21

'Whiter Shade of Pale, A: Platinum in 19th-century Jewellery' (SJH lecture, Ogden, Jack, 2019), JHT34:18

Whitfield, Niamh

... Design and Techniques in early Medieval Celtic Metalwork, JS review of, JSOR2024/1:2–5

Wood-Heath, David

... 'Guilloche, the Machines, Techniques and Products' (SJH lecture, 2013, postponed from 2012), JHT17:18

'Zart wie Eisen - Delicate like Iron' (exhibition, Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 2022), JHT45:19


Wire


'A fairy dome of splendid architecture': a typology of the double-rosette construction in filigree beads (Perry, Jane, JSO paper 2024/1), JSO2024/1:4–36

Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), JHT8:11

... block-twisted round wire technique, examples of, JS4:17

... strip-twisted round wire technique, examples in collection of, JS4:20

... wire-drawn technique, examples in collection of, JS4:25, JS4:25 ill

ancient beaded wire, manufacture of and experiments on

... Baines, Robert JS8:59–60, JS8:62–63, JS8:65–66, JS8:65 ill

... Coole, Philip , JS8:64, JS8:64 ill

... Daly, Jerry , JS8:59–60, JS8:65, JS8:65 ill–66 ill, JS8:76–77, JS8:76 ill–77 ill, JS8:85n72

... Foltz, E., JS8:59–60, JS8:63, JS8:66, JS8:85n73

beaded wire (ancient period), JHT2:8, JS8:57–82, JS8:57 ill

... beading implements, manufacture and testing of, JS8:59–70, JS8:60 ill–61 ill, JS8:76–79

... British Museum collection, examples of, JS8:72–75, JS8:72 ill–75 ill

... composition of, JS8:80–81

... double-edged swage (tool), and testing of, JS8:61–65, JS8:62 ill–64 ill, JS8:64 ill, JS8:71 ill–72 ill, JS8:72, JS8:76–78, JS8:76 ill

... flattened-beaded wire, JS8:58, JS8:79–80, JS8:79 ill–81 ill

... grooved swage (tool), and testing of, JS8:72–75, JS8:72 ill–73 ill

... Hedeby (Germany), ancient beading tool, JS8:59

... history and development of, JS8:57–58

... hollow-beaded wire, JS8:58

... lead wire, JS8:61 ill

... lima inferius fossa ('beading-file'), JS8:58–59, JS8:62

... manufacturing techniques, and experimentation on, JS8:59–60, JS8:60 ill–61 ill, JS8:70–76, JS8:70 ill–75 ill

... modern era, and comparison with, JS8:81 ill–82 ill, JS8:82

... multi-edged swage (tool), and testing of, JS8:65–66, JS8:65 ill–66 ill, JS8:76–78, JS8:77 ill

... organarium (tool), and testing of, JS8:58–59, JS8:66–70, JS8:66 ill–69 ill

... single-edged tool, and testing of, JS8:60–61, JS8:70–72, JS8:70 ill–71 ill, JS8:76–78, JS8:76 ill

... spiral-beaded wire, JS8:58, JS8:76–79, JS8:76 ill–78 ill

... strip-twisting, JS8:79, JS8:79 ill

... study of and methods, JS8:58–59

British Museum

... beaded wire (ancient period), examples of, JS8:72–75, JS8:72 ill–75 ill

... block-twisted round wire technique, examples of, JS4:15–17, JS4:16 ill

... drawn and strip-drawn wire, examples in collection of, JS5:97, JS5:97 ill–98 ill

... enamel colloquium (1985), JS3:83–87

... 'Fake?' (exhibition), JS4:59

... imitation jewellery, analysis of, JS3:62

... Late Bronze Age goldwork bracelets, and analysis of, JS3:15–19, JS3:16 ill

... strip-twisted round wire technique, examples in collection of, JS4:19–20, JS4:19 ill, JS4:21 ill

... wire-drawn technique, examples in collection of, JS4:24–25, JS4:24 ill–25 ill

Cellini, Benvenuto

... filigree defined, JSO2024/1:4

Classical Gold Wire: Some Aspects of its Manufacture and Use JHT31:2 (Ogden, Jack) JS5:95–103

Conway, Ros

... 'Marriage of new and traditional technology in the making of a 21st-century Goldsmiths' Company commission' (SJH lecture, 2013), JHT17:18

copper salts

... defined, JSO2024/3:14

Crespo, Hugo Miguel

... Jewellery Technology in the Ancient & Medieval World (Ogden, Jack, JS review by, JSOR2024/2:2–5

'Down to the Wire' (SJH lecture, Lamb, Andrew, 2012), JHT15:18

Etruscan and Other Early Gold Wire from Italy (Meeks, Nigel) JS5:7–20

Etruscan gold jewellery and wire-making, study of, Formigli, E.JS5:15

filigree. See also filigree beads

... animal ornaments, JSOR2024/1:3 ill

... defined, JSO2024/1:4–5

... filigree plait wire, JS5:100–103, JS5:101 ill

... infill motifs. See filigree infill motifs

... Ioannina, and silversmithing traditions, JHT40:10 ill

... 'More like the work of fairies than human beings: late Celtic filigree from Ireland and Scotland' (SJH lecture, Whitfield, Niamh, 2015), JHT22:18

... Mughal jewellery and jewelled pieces, and development of technique, JS10:49

... necklace, Byzantine, with filigree terminals, AD 500-700, gold with amethysts, glass beads, pearl (Metropolitan Museum of Art), JSO2024/1:5 ill

... scientific investigation of joining techniques, JS3:8, JS3:12 ill–13 ill

... spiral filigree. See spiral filigree

... stretched spiral motif, JSO2024/1:13 ill, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:19–21, JSO2024/1:20 ill

... volute motif, JSO2024/1:14 ill, JSO2024/1:14. See also filigree infill motifs: s-scrolls

... wire use, JSO2024/1:5

... zigzag wire motif, JSO2024/1:27 ill–-28 ill

filigree beads, JHT51:16 ill, JHT51:16, JSO2024/1:4–36

... appliqués, JSO2024/1:29–30

... button with a mix of ring motifs, silver, 20th century, Thailand, JSO2024/1:27 ill

... buttons. See filigree buttons

... gold beads using bar support, 11th century, Egypt or Syria (Metropolitan Museum of Art), JSO2024/1:4 ill

... gold beads using bar support, 11th century, Egypt or Syria (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)), JSO2024/1:4 ill

... musk balls, JSO2024/1:6

... pomanders. See pomanders

... rosary beads. See rosary beads, filigree

... spherical beads, JSO2024/1:6

... uses, JSO2024/1:5–7

filigree infill motifs, JSO2024/1:13–28

... curl motif, JSO2024/1:14–15

... double sprays motif, JSO2024/1:19

... 'eye' motif, JSO2024/1:24–26, JSO2024/1:25 ill–26 ill

... figures-of-eight. See filigree infill motifs: s-scrolls

... fleur-de-lys motif, JSO2024/1:15 ill

... heart-shaped kidney motif, JSO2024/1:24

... kidney-shaped motif, JSO2024/1:14 ill, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:23 ill, JSO2024/1:23–26

... loops motif, JSO2024/1:14 ill, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:26

... netting (rete) motif, JSO2024/1:27, JSO2024/1:28 ill

... rings motif, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:27 ill, JSO2024/1:27

... spiral disc motif, JSO2024/1:13 ill, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:16 ill, JSO2024/1:16–18, JSO2024/1:17 ill, JSO2024/1:18 ill, JSO2024/1:20 ill, JSO2024/1:23 ill. See also spiral filigree

... sprays motif, JSO2024/1:14 ill, JSO2024/1:14, JSO2024/1:18 ill, JSO2024/1:18–19, JSO2024/1:19 ill

... S-scroll motif, JSO2024/1:14 ill, JSO2024/1:15 ill, JSO2024/1:16 ill JSO2024/1:21 ill, JSO2024/1:21–23, JSO2024/1:22 ill

gold wires

... in Etruscan jewellery, JSO2024/3:4 ill–6 ill, JSO2024/3:4–5

Golden age of the Etruscans: a modern goldsmith's practical experiments in the style of the ancient masters, The (Pettorossi, Ulderico Giuseppe, JSO paper 2024/3), JSO2024/3:4–21

Golden threads: filigree in Islamic jewellery (SJH lecture, Spink, Michael, 2015), JHT23:18

hollow beaded wire

... East Roman/Byzantine examples, JS4:9–10

... manufacturing technique, JS4:8–10

... replication experiments, JS4:9–10

... Tell Basta Treasure, and examples of, JS4:8–9, JS4:8 ill

... use of in jewellery, JS4:8–10, JS4:8 ill, JS4:9 ill

Late Antique Jewellery: Pierced Work and Hollow Beaded Wire (Ogden, Jack) JS4:5–11

Maryon, Herbert

... ancient wire-making techniques, study of, JS5:96

... beaded wire (ancient period), discussion of, JS8:62

round wire manufacturing techniques (Middle Ages), JS4:13–26

... Ashmolean Museum, examples in the collection of, JS4:17, JS4:20, JS4:25, JS4:25 ill

... block-twisted round wire technique, examples of, JS4:27n30

... block-twisting, and examples of, JS4:14–18, JS4:15 ill, JS4:16 ill

... British Museum, examples in collection of, JS4:15–17, JS4:16 ill, JS4:19–20, JS4:19 ill, JS4:21 ill, JS4:24–25, JS4:24 ill–25 ill

... Eluère, C., study of,JS4:15

... Foltz, E., study of, JS4:14, JS4:18, JS4:23

... hammering, and examples of, JS4:13–14, JS4:14 ill

... Ogden, Jack, study of, JS4:19, JS4:24

... single seam wire: strip drawing and folding, and examples of, JS4:20–21

... smoothing, and examples of, JS4:21–22

... strip-twisting, and examples of, JS4:18–20, JS4:18 ill–19 ill, JS4:21 ill

... Victoria and Albert Museum, examples in the collection of, JS4:17, JS4:20

... wavy ribbon, and examples of, JS4:19 ill, JS4:20, JS4:27n50–51

... wire-drawing, and examples of, JS4:22–26, JS4:23 ill, JS4:24 ill–25 ill

... wire-drawn technique, examples in collection of, JS4:28n71

spiral filigree

... appliqué, gold and garnet, Golden Horde, JSO2024/1:5 ill

Theophilus (monk)

... beaded wire (ancient period), discussion of, JS8:58–59

wire and wire-making

... Bimson, Mavis, study of, JS5:33,JS5:98

... block-twisted wire, and examples of, JS5:9–11, JS5:10 ill–11 ill, JS5:98–99, JS5:99 ill

... Bronze Age wire technology, JS11:27

... Classical Gold Wire: Some Aspects of its Manufacture and Use (Ogden, J), JS5:95–103

... drawn and strip-drawn wire, and examples of, JS5:12–19, JS5:13 ill–19 ill, JS5:95–97, JS5:97 ill, JS5:99

... Egyptian wire-making, JS5:96, JS5:100–101, JS5:101 ill

... Egyptian wire-making, note on, Petrie, Flinders JS5:96

... Etruscan examples, JS5:7–20, JS5:7 ill–13 ill

... filigree plait wire, JS5:100–103, JS5:101 ill

... folded wire, JS5:12, JS5:100

... Formigli, E., Etruscan jewellery and study of, JS5:15

... hammered wire (Etruscan and Roman examples), JS5:7–9, JS5:7 ill–13 ill

... helicoidal spiral, and examples of, JS5:103, JS5:103 ill

... Korean wire-making, and examples of, JS5:97–98, JS5:98 ill

... Late Bronze Age goldwork, and examples of, JS5:100–102

... necklace, strip-twist wire 2004, gold with platinum wire fusion-inlay (Jacqueline Mina), JHT11:8 ill

... strip-twisted wire, and examples of, JS5:11–12, JS5:12 ill, JS5:95, JS5:95 ill, JS5:97–99, JS5:100 ill

... study of (Classical gold jewellery), JS5:95–96

... wavy ribbon, and examples of, JS5:100


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