Archive - Jewellery books by Material - Non-metallic

The following titles have been noted by Jewellery History Today. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here.

Gems and other stones

(for engraved gems, see publications archive - uses.)

Diamonds

The Splendour of Diamond: 400 Years of Diamond Jewellery in Europe.

Museum exhibition catalogue.

Tokyo National Museum, 2003.

278 pages, paperback, Japanese, English.

ISBN: 978-4901357395

Great Diamonds of India.

Monisha Bharadwaj.

India Book House, 1999.

144 pages, paperback, 17.3 x 20.1 cm.

ISBN: 978-8175083264

Botswana's Diamonds - Prospecting to Jewellery.

Michael C. Brook.

Michael C. Brook, Notwane, 2012.

297 pages, hardback, 28 x 22 cm.

ISBN: 978-9991294186

Botswana Diamond Jewellery.

Michael C. Brook.

Michael C. Brook, 2016, $75.

136 pages, hardback, 11.7 x 8.3 inches.

ISBN: 978-9996804182

Koh-i-Noor. The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond.

William Dalrymple, Anita Anand.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017, £16.99.

352 pages, hardback, 21.6 x 13.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-1408888841. JHT 31.

Diamonds: The Quest from Solid Rock to the Magic of Diamonds.

Christine Gordon.

Roli Books Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2008, £80.

432 pages, hardback, 32.3 x 32.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-8174366733

Romance of the Golconda Diamonds.

Omar Khalidi.

Grantha Corporation, 1999.

125 pages, hardback, 21.5 x 26.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-1890206109

Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden.

Rachel Lichtenstein.

Hamish Hamilton, 2012. £20.

368 pages, hardback, 23.6 x 15.8 cm.

ISBN: 978-0241142875. JHT 16

The Magic of Diamonds.

A. Monnickendam.

Hammond, Hammond & Company, London, 1955.

191 pages, hardback, 22.4 x 14.6 cm.

Diamonds: An Early History of the King of Gems.

Jack Ogden (SJH president).

Yale University Press, 2018, £35.

408 pages, hardback, 17.1 x 23.8 cm.

ISBN: 978-0300215663

Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones: Diamond Histories.

Marcia Pointon.

Reaktion Books, 2017, £25.

272 pages, hardback, 15.2 x 22.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-1780237527. JHT 31.

Diamond Jewelry: 700 Years of Glory and Glamour.

Diana Scarisbrick.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2019, £49.95.

256 pages, hardback, 23.4 x 31.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500021507

Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewellery 1381-1910.

Herbert Tillander.

Art Books International, 1995.

248 pages, hardback, 22.9 x 30.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-1874044079

Adamas. Diamanten in Geschichte und Geschichten.

Günter Wermusch.

Verlag Die Wirtschaft, Berlin, 1984.

328 pages, hardback, 22 x 15 cm, German.

Rubies

Ruby, Sapphire & Spinel: an Archaeological, Textual and Cultural Study.

Derek J. Content [SJH Council member].

Brepols Publishers, 2016, €150.

452 pages, hardback in 2 vols, 22.5 x 30 cm.

ISBN: 978-2-503568089. JHT 29

Royal Rubies.

Nina Hald.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018, €38.

184 pages, hardback, 22 × 28 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897905184

Published in association with an exhibition at Koldinghus Castle, Kolding, Denmark.

Ruby: The King of Gems.

Joanna Hardy (SJH member).

Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2017, £75.

328 pages, hardback, 26.2 x 35.3 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500519417

Other stones

Gems in the Early Modern World: Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450-1800.

Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, £89.99.

380 pages, hardback, 15.9 x 21.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-3319963785

Gemstones in the First Millennium Ad: Mines, Trade, Workshops and Symbolism.

Susanne Greiff, Alexandra Hilgner.

Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, 2017, $55.

250 pages, paperback, 8.3 x 11.7 inches.

ISBN: 978-3795432393

The Eduard Josef Gübelin Story: The Art and Science of Gems.

The Gübelin Foundation.

Unicorn Press Ltd, 2015, $60.

306 pages, hardback, 6.7 x 9.6 inches.

ISBN: 978-1910065402

Gemstone/Art: Renaissance to the Present Day. Edelstein/Kunst: Renaissance bis heute.

Wilhelm Lindemann.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016, £45.

352 pages, hardback, 25.1 x 31.2 cm, English, German.

ISBN: 978-3897904651

The New Stone Age: Ideas and Inspiration for Living with Crystals.

>Carol Woolton.

Crown Books for Young Readers, 2020, £26.

256 pages, hardback, 19.8 x 26.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-1984856593

Gold, Jasper and Carnelian. Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court.

Alexis Kugel (ed).

Paul Holberton Publishing, 2012. £100.

400 pages, hardback, 28.7 x 24.6 cm.

ISBN: 9781907372360.

Emerald: Twenty-one Centuries of Jewelled Opulence and Power.

J. Self, J. Hardy (SJH member), F. Sozzani.

Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2013, £75.

256 pages, hardback, 35 x 26.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500517208

Grenats de Perpignan, bijoux du Roussillon.

Laurent Fonquernie.

Sasl Des Pyrénées-Orientales, 2006, €40.

195 pages, hardback, 30.5 x 22 cm, French.

Traditional garnet jewellery of the Pyrenees.

Dreher Carvings: Gemstone Animals from Idar-Oberstein.

Wilhelm Lindemann.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2017, £48.

240 pages, hardback, 23.2 x 45.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897905078

Devonshire Marbles: Their Geology, History and Uses.

Geologists' Association Guide No. 72.

Vol I: Understanding the marbles, Vol II: Recognising the marbles.

Gordon Walkden.

Geologists' Association, 2015, £12 each.

484 pages, spiral-bound paperback, 21 x 16.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-0900717765 (vol I), 978-0900717819 (vol II)

Includes much useful information on the hardstone jewellery of Devonshire and Derbyshire.

Jade, des empereurs à l’Art déco.

Huei chung Tsao, Marie-Catherine Rey.

Somogy Editions/Guimet, 2016, €38.

288 pages, hardback, 30.8 x 23.8cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2757211489.

English-language version €45, ISBN: 978-2757211779

Published in association with an exhibition at the Museé Guimet, Paris.

A Taste for Green: A global perspective on ancient jade, turquoise and variscite exchange.

Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán.

Oxbow Books, 2019, £45.

192 pages, hardback, 21.6 x 27.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-1789252743

Lapis Lazzuli. Magia del blu.

G. C. Parodi.

Sillabe (Florence), 2015, €35.

391 pages, paperback, 23.5 x 27.5 cm, Italian

ISBN: 978-8883477980

Published in association with an exhibition at the Museo degli Argenti in the Palazzo Pitti, and the Museum of Natural History, at Florence.

Marcasite Jewellery. History, Designers and Manufacturers.

Patricia McMullen (SJH member).

Lane Hartley Publishing, 2016, £25.

175 pages, paperback, 21x 29.7 cm.

ISBN: 978-0957636712

Marcasite Jewellery: Including Irish Iron Pyrites Jewellery and Czech Glass Marcasite Jewellery. History and Price Guide.

Patricia McMullen (SJH member).

Lane Hartley Publishing, 2013, £17.99.

125 pages, paperback, 29.7 x 21 cm.

ISBN: 978-0957636705

Glass

Strass: Modeschmuck aus zwei Jahrhunderten.

Gabriele Greindl.

Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1990. 240 pages, hardback, 24 x 32 cm, German.

ISBN: 3453043588.

Strass - Due secoli di gioielli di fantasia.

Italian edition. Rizzoli libri illustrati, Milan, 1991.

ISBN: 978-8817246415

Amoroma. Una raccolta di gioielli in micromosaico.

Silvia Mazzoleni (SJH member), Alice Im Obersteg.

Pagine d’Arte, 2015, €32.

120 pages, paperback, Italian.

ISBN: 978-8896529843

Currency : Contemporary Studio Glass Jewelry and Beads.

Lani McGregor.

Bullseye Glass Company, 2004. $25. 32 pages, paperback, 8.80 x 9.50 inches. ISBN: 978-1935299080

Published in association with an exhibition of the work of 28 international artists working in glass at the Bullseye Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry.

Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Jutta Page, Cornelie Holzach, Jutta-Annette Page.

Arnoldsche, 2007. £35.

176 pages, hardback, 20.8 x 23.3 cm, English, German.

ISBN: 978-3897902749

Glass in Jewelry: Hidden Artistry in Glass.

Sibylle Jargstorf.

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1991.

200 pages, paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches.

ISBN: 978-0887402951. Numerous later reprints.

Swarovski: Celebrating a History of Collaborations in Fashion, Jewelry, Performance, and Design.

Deborah Landris, Vivienne Becker.

Rizzoli International Publications, 2015, $85.

352 pages, hardback, 10 x 12.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-0847844180

Glass Jewellery.

Kazuko Mitsushima.

Bee Books, 2002.

54 pages, paperback, 24.8 x 23.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-4896158885

Gablonzer Glas und Schmuck. Tradition und Gegenwart einer kunsthandwerklichen Industrie.

Susanne Rössler.

Verlagshaus Sudetenland, Munich, 1979.

104 pages, paperback, 20.5 x 14.5 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3922423072

Brilliant Impressions. An Exhibition of Antique Paste and Other Jewellery.

Diana Scarisbrick.

S.J.Phillips, London 2010. £30. ISBN 9780199237517. JHT 9

Linda MacNeil. Jewels of Glass.

Davira S. Taragin.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016, £25.

128 pages, hardback, 22 x 28.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897904712

Organic materials

Amber

Ambra. Dalle rive del Baltico all'Etruria.

M. L. Arancio, S. Massimi.

Gangemi Editore, 2013, €20.

96 pages, paperback, 24.2 x 22.4 cm, Italian. ISBN: 978-8849225358

Published in association with an exhibition at Rome.

Ambre: Mémoire du temps.

Camille Coppinger.

Thalia Edition, 2009, €25.

322 pages, hardback, 28.8 x 22.4 cm, French. ISBN: 978-2352780472

Amber: Jewelry, Art, and Science.

Nancy P. S. Hopp.

Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2009. £24.95. ISBN: 978-0764331688.

Amazing Amber.

A. Ross, A. Sheridan.

NMSE - Publishing Ltd, 2013, £7.99.

48 pages, paperback, 24 x 17 cm. ISBN: 978-1905267798

Published to accompany an exhibition at The National Musuem of Scotland in Edinburgh. A concise guide to identifying the age, origins, inclusions and simulants of amber, as well as its uses in jewellery.

Along the Amber Route: St Petersburg to Venice.

C. J. Schüler.

Sandstone Press Ltd, 2020, £16.99.

320 pages, hardback, 16.2 x 24 cm.

ISBN: 978-1912240913

History of the origins, myths and uses of amber.

Hair

Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry: Identification & Values.

C. Jeanenne Bell.

Collector Books, 1998.

335 pages, hardback, 8.8 x 11.2 inches.

ISBN: 978-1574320497.

Art of Hair Work: Hair Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment.

Mark Campbell.

Lacis, 1996.

208 pages, paperback, 8.8 x 11.2 inches.

ISBN: 978-0916896317.

Reprint of book published in 1875, supplemented by material from Godey's Lady's Book from years 1850 - 1859.

Les Ouvrages en cheveux : leurs secrets.

Andrée Chanlot.

Éditions de l'Amateur, 1986.

115 pages, hardback, 24.8 x 18 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2950112217.

Published on the occasion of the author's donation of his collection to the Musée national des arts et traditions populaires, and an accompanying exhibition.

Schmuck und Bilder aus Haaren: Ein europäisches Kulturerbe.

Alfred A. Peters.

SKN, 1995.

152 pages, hardback, 28.5 x 21 cm.

ISBN: 978-3928327206.

Pearls

Pearls

Hubert Bari & David Lam.

Qatar Museum Authority/Skira, 2010. $85.

ISBN 978-8857200880. JHT 11

Pink Pearl: A Natural Treasure of the Caribbean.

Hubert Bari.

Skira, 2007, £29.95.

176 pages, hardback, 10.1 x 12 inches.

ISBN 978-8861300132.

Merveilleuses Perles : Répertoire raisonné des perles célèbres.

Françoise Cailles.

Argus Valentines, 2006. €25.

317 pages, hardback, 28 x 21.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-2919769186

Sea of Pearls. Seven thousand years of the industry that shaped the Gulf.

Robert A. Carter.

Arabian Publishing Ltd, 2012. £95.00.

364 pages, hardback, 25 x 33 cm.

ISBN: 978-0957106000. JHT16

Pearls.

B. Chadour-Sampson (SJH member), H. Bari.

V & A Publishing, 2013, £25.

160 pages, hardback, 2.45 x 2.1 cm.

ISBN: 978-1851777556. JHT 19

People And Pearls: The Magic Endures.

Ki Hackney, Diana Edkins.

Harper, 2000.

240 pages, hardback, 7.5 x 10 inches.

ISBN: 978-0060193317.

Angels Tears or Gems of the Ocean — Pearls in the History of Jewellery.

Cornelie Holzach, Isabel Schmidt-Mappes.

Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2013, €42.

96 pages, paperback, German, English.

ISBN: 978-3933924155

Published in association with an exhibtion at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.

The Book of the Pearl: Its History, Art, Science and Industry.

George Frederick Kunz & Charles Hugh Stevenson.

Dover Publications Inc, latest edition 2002.

672 pages, paperback, 23.39 x 15.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-0486422763.

Pearls, People, and Power (Indian Ocean Studies Series).

Pedro Machado, Steve Mullins, Joseph Christensen.

Ohio University Press, 2019, $90.

428 pages, hardback, 6 x 9 inches.

ISBN: 978-0821424025

Perles: Une histoire naturelle.

Réunion des Musées Nationales.

RMN, 2007, €15.

104 pages, paperback, 27.6 x 20.8 cm. ISBN: 978-2711853960.

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Paris

American Baroque: Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700.

Molly A. Warsh.

University of North Carolina Press, 2018, $39.95.

304 pages, hardback, 6.5 x 9.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-1469638973. JHT 34

Published in association with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

Other marine materials

 

Shell Gorgets: Styles of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Southeast. 

Jeffrey P. Brain, Philip Phillips. 

Peabody Museum Press, 1996. 

544 pages, paperback, 8.9 x 11.5 inches. 

ISBN: 978-0873658126 

Seduzione senza tempo. Corallo e cammei tra memoria e modernità.
Timeless seduction. Coral and cameos between memory and modernity.

Cristina del Mare.

Centrobanca, 2015, €5.

42 pages, paperback, 22 x 22 cm, Italian, English.

Published in association with an exhibition at Vicenza.

The Timeless Cowrie. Its Significance the World Over.

Anita von Kahler Gumpert.

Bead Society of Greater Washington, 2007.

31 pages, paperback, 22 x 22 cm.

ISBN: 978-0972506632

Published in association with an exhibition at the Bead Museum in Washington DC.

Parures de la mer.

Francois Simard.

Musée Océanographique, Monaco, 2000.

173 pages, paperback, 25 x 20 cm.

ISBN: 978-2726002162.

Catalogue of an exhibition at Musée Océanographique, Monaco.

Other organic materials

Jewelry from Nature: Amber Coral Horn Ivory Pearls Shell Tortoiseshell Wood Exotica.

Ruth Peltason.

Thames & Hudson, 2010, £24.95.

224 pages, hardback, 23.3 x 26 cm.

ISBN: 978-0500515334

 

Nature Transformed: French Art Nouveau Horn Jewelry.

Jessica Goldring.

Macklowe Gallery, 2013, $35.

90 pages, paperback, 22.6 x 25.1 cm. ISBN: 978-0985429409

Published in association with an exhibition at the Macklowe Gallery in New York.

Schmuck und Gerät aus "Bein" Vom Eiszeitalter bis zur Gegenwart.

Mostefa Kokabi, Biel Jörg.

Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Munich, 1997.

207 pages, paperback, 23.2 x 17.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-3927806191

Published in association with an exhibition at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Munich.

Decorative and Symbolic Uses of Fossils: Selected Groups, Mainly Invertebrate.

Kenneth P. Oakley.

Oxford University Pitt Rivers Museum, 1985.

110 pages, paperback, 9.5 x 7.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-0902793170

Roman jet in the Yorkshire Museum.

Lindsay Allason-Jones.

Yorkshire Museum, 1996.

55 pages, paperback, 21 x 27 cm.

ISBN: 978-0905807171

Jet Jewellery and Ornaments.

Helen Muller .

Shire Publications, numerous editions.

32 pages, paperback, 14.5 x 20.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-0852635032

Plastics

Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide

Leigh Leshner.

Krause Publications, 2005.

256 pages, paperback, 8 x 10.5 inches.

ISBN 978-0873499545

Peter Chang: It's Only Plastic.

Cornelie Holzach.

Arnoldsche, 1999.

176 pages, hardback, 24.6 x 26.7 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897901728

The Bakelite Jewelry Book

Corinne Davidov, Ginny Redington Dawes.

Abbeville Press, 1988.

156 pages, hardback, 9.4 x 10.5 inches.

ISBN 978-0896598676

Bakelite Jewelry

Tony Grasso.

Book Sales, 1996.

128 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.5 inches.

ISBN 978-0785802761

Bijoux Bakélite. Le Guide du Collectionneur des Bijoux en Bakélite. Styles, Formes, Couleurs

Tony Grasso.

Serges Média/Books Co, Paris, 2001, €21.

128 pages, paperback, 21.7 x 28.5 cm, French.

ISBN 978-2845840317

Other

Good as Gold. Alternative Materials in American Jewelry.

Lloyd E. Herman, Betty Teller.

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981.

32 pages, paperback.

ISBN: 978-0865280137

Precious Paper. Paper Jewellery Design.

Bianca Cappello (SJH member).

Skira Editore, 2018, €25.

120 pages, hardback, 26 x 26 cm, Italian, English.

ISBN: 978-8857236681

Antique Photographic Jewelry: Tokens of Affection & Regard.

Larry J. West.

Carl Mautz Publishing, 2005.

256 pages, hardback, 11 x 13 inches.

ISBN 978-1887694513.

Forme implicite. Gioielli di Faïences/Unearthed shapes. Faiences jewels.

Mirta Carroli, M. Luisa Vezzali.

Allemandi, October, 2011. 25 euro.

ISBN 978-8842220626.

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