Archive - Jewellery books by Use and Function
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.
By constituent
Beads
Wild Beads of Africa. Old powderglass beads from the collection of Billy Steinberg.
Billy Steinberg, 2017, $75.
216 pages, hardback, 7.5 x 10 inches.
ISBN: 978-0692907108. JHT 32
Nakit Sarmata u Banatu: sa pregledom sarmatskih nalazišta [catalogue of an exhibition of glass beads]
Narodni muzej, Vršac, Serbia, 1975.
70 pages, paperback, 15 x 22 cm, Serbian.
Published in association with an exhibition at Vršac.
Not Just for Show: The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments.
Oxbow Books, 2017, £48.
224 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 28.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-1785706929
Pueblo Bead Jewelry: Living Design.
Schiffer, 2018, $34.99.
160 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.2 inches.
ISBN: 978-0764355851
Be Dazzled: Masterworks of Jewelry and Beadwork from the Heard Museum.
Heard Museum, 2001.
80 pages, paperback, 25.1 x 20.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-0934351652
The Beads of St. Catherines Island
North American Archaeology Fund, AMNH, 2009, $40.
312 pages, paperback, 9.8 x 6.7 inches. ISBN 978-1939302151
American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers (Book 89)
Currency: Contemporary Studio Glass Jewelry & Beads
Bullseye Glass Company, 2004, $25.
32 pages, paperback, 9.4 x 8.9 inches. ISBN 978-1935299080
Published in association with an exhibition at Bullseye Gallery, Santa Fe.
Beads and Beadwork of East and South Africa
Shire Publications (Shire Ethnography Series), 1986).
64 pages, hardback.
ISBN 978-0852637975
Beads and Beadwork of West and Central Africa
Shire Publications (Shire Ethnography Series), 1991).
56 pages, paperback.
ISBN 978-0747801009
Perle di vetro veneziane : una lunga e affascinante storia/Venetian glass beads : a long and fascinating story.
Casalini Libri, 2012. €60. 244 pages, paperback, 30 x 21 cm, Italian, English.
Detailed and fully illustrated catalogue of the owner’s collection, with background information on the Venetian glass bead industry, including makers’ sales catalogues.
Worldwide History of Beads: Ancient, Ethnic, Contemporary.
Thames & Hudson, 2010. £39.95.
396 pages, hardback, 23.8 x 30.5 cm.
ISBN 978-0500515006. JHT 8
Asia's Maritime Bead Trade: 300 B.C. to the Present.
University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, $42.
432 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 9.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0824823320
Perler i Grønland.
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, 1979.
40 pages, paperback, 17 x 15 cm, Danish.
ISBN: 8748001996.
Beads used in the traditional costume of Greenland. Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum in Copenhagen.
Glasperlen. Mythologie, Schmuck und Spielereien aus fünf Jahrtausenden.
Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, Munich, 1984.
190 pages, hardback, 22 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3766707444
An Icon in Jewellery Design – Trollbeads.
Forlaget Ehrhorn Hummerston, 2009, $98.
256 pages, hardback, 11.9 x 11.8 inches. ISBN: 978-8792559029
Un’icona del Design di Gioielli - Trollbeads.
Italian version, Forlaget Ehrhorn Hummerston, 2009, $69. ISBN: 978-8792559036
5000 Jaar Kralen.
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2022, €12.50.
88 pages, paperback, 24 × 17 cm, Dutch.
ISBN: 978-9071201486
Published in association with an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Mons Sancti Laurentii, vol.4: szklana z wczesnośredniowiecznych cmentarzysk chełmińsko-dobrzyńskiej.[Glass Jewellery in the Early Medieval Cemeteries in the Chelmno-Dobrzyn Area]
Toruń, Poland, 2008.
246 pages, hardback, 30 x 21.6 cm, Polish with English summary.
ISBN: 978-8323122357
Currency : Contemporary Studio Glass Jewelry and Beads.
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.
Beads of Borneo.
Editions Didier Millet, 2011, $25.
144 pages, paperback, 10.1 x 11.1 inches.
ISBN: 978-9814260367
Reprint of hardback edition of 2005 by the Honorary Curator of Beads at the Sarawak Museum.
The World in a Bead. The Murano Glass Museum's Collection.
Antiga Edizioni, 2017, €39.
376 pages, paperback, 28 x 23.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-8899657901. JHT 32
Beads: A History and Collector's Guide.
Amberley Publishing, 2016, £14.99.
96 pages, paperback, 23.4 x 16.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-1445658650
Iintsimbi. Perlenarbeiten aus Südafrika.
Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich, 2004.
143 pages, German. ISBN: 978-3909105458
Published in association with an exhibition of African trade beads at Zurich
Die Spur der Glasperlen: Produktion, Handel und Aneignung von Glasperlen.
AV Akademikerverlag, 2012, €68.
600 pages, paperback, 22 x 15 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3639451382
Traces glass beads from their origins in Central Europe to wearers in Africa.
Engraved gems
'Gems of Heaven': Recent Research on Engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity, AD 200-600.
British Museum Press, September, 2011. £45. ISBN 978-0861591770.
Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century.
Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, 2018, £55.
316 pages, hard back in slip case, 29 x 20.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-1784917272. JHT 33
The Marlborough Gems: Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.
Oxford University Press, 2009. £175. ISBN 9780199237517. JHT 8
Seduzione senza tempo. Corallo e cammei tra memoria e modernità.
Timeless seduction. Coral and cameos between memory and modernity.
Centrobanca, 2015, €5.
42 pages, paperback, 22 x 22 cm, Italian, English.
Published in association with an exhibition at Vicenza.
Cameo Appearances.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008, $19.95.
56 pages, paperback, 8.2 x 10.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0300141450
Magical Gems In their Contexts. Proceedings of the International Workshop held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012.
L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2019, €230.
382 pages, paperback, 16.9 x 23.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-8891312976.
Pdf, €184, ISBN: 978-8891313003
Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus.
Archaeopress, 2020, £90.
618 pages, hardback, 20.3 x 29.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-1789695397
Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow.
Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2017, €148.
432 pages, hardback, 21.0 x 29.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-3954902439. JHT 33
The Complete Content Cameos.
Brepols N.V, 2018, €150.
412 pages, hardback, 22.5 x 30 cm.
ISBN: 978-2503578965
Gem engraving in Britain from Antiquity to the Present, with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum.
The Beazley Archive, Oxford 2010, £65.
ISBN: 978-1903767122. JHT 9
Φυλαξ: τα φυλακτα της υστερης αρχαιοτητας. [Phylax: Amulets of Late Antiquity].
Ekdoseis Graphēma, Thessaloniki, 2017, €30.
333 pages, hardback, 21 x 29 cm, Greek.
ISBN: 978-6185271084
Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire.
Penn State University Press, 1995.
254 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 11 inches.
ISBN: 978-0271014265
Cameos and Intaglios: The Art of Engraved Stones.
Editions Gallimard, 2022, €14.50.
76 pages, paperback, 15.6 x 20.3 cm. Available in French and English.
ISBN: 978-2072943270
Co-published with L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts in the Hors-série Découvertes series
Engraved gems: Cameos, intaglios and rings from the Guy Ladrière Collection.
Mare et Martin / L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, 2022, €49.
304 pages, hardback, 24 x 30 cm. Available in French and English.
ISBN: 978-2362222962
Published in association with an exhibition at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Paris
The Lewis Collection of Gems and Rings in the Possession of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Cambridge University Press, 2011. £12.99. ISBN: 978-1108016100.
Updated reprint of the 1892 catalogue.
Cameos Old and New.
Gemstone Press, 2002. £11.90.
274 pages, paperback, 23.3 x 15.4 cm.
ISBN: 978-0943763361
Updated and revised 3rd edition.
Ancient Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen.
Royal Collection Publications, London, 2008. £95.
ISBN 9781902163475. JHT 6
Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems. Meanings and interpretations.
Archaeopress, 2018, £35.
98 pages, paperback, 17.5 x 24.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-1784918699
The Guy Ladrière Collection of Gems and Rings.
Philip Wilson Publishers in association with The Beazley Archive, Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2015, £40.
320 pages, hardback, 19.7 x 24.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-1781300398
Bijoux à portrait : Camées, médailles et miniatures, des Médicis aux Romanov.
Thames & Hudson, 2011, $29.95. 352 pages, paperback, 23.2 x 22.6 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2878113655.
Late Antique and Early Christian Gems.
Reichert Verlag, 2007, $199. 374 pages, hardback, 8.9 x 12.2 inches. ISBN: 978-3895004346. JHT 2
Series: Spatantike - Fruhes Christentum - Byzanz (Book 20)
Le pitture delle Antichità di Ercolano nelle gemme del XVIII e XIX secolo.
The Paintings of the Antichità di Ercolano in 18th and 19th century Gem-Carving.
Associazione Internazionale Amici di Pompei, Naples, 2015, €24.50.
162 pages, 17 x 23.5, Italian, English
Engraved Gems: From antiquity to the present (Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities).
Sidestone Press, 2017, £50.
230 pages, paperback, 21 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 978-9088905056.
Hardback £150 ISBN: 978-9088905063.
Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present.
Philip Wilson Publishers, 2018, £40.
272 pages, hardback, 20.2 x 25.1 cm.
ISBN: 978-1781300626
The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle.
Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016, £40.
384 pages, hardback, 19.7 x 24.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-1781300442
Marks
Trade-Marks of the Jewelry and Kindred Trades: Being an Extensive Collection of Illustrations and Representations of the Marks ... Used by Manufacturers…
Gale, Making of Modern Law, 2011, $29.75.
300 pages, paperback, 24.6 x 18.9 cm. ISBN: 978-1241080310.
Collection of extracts from Legal Treatises, 1800-1926, Trials 1600-1926, and other primary legal sources.
Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks.
Boydell & Brewer, 2017, £125.
724 pages, hardback, 2.1 x 2.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-1783272389
Dictionnaire des joailliers, bijoutiers et orfèvres en France, de 1850 à nos jours.
L’École des Arts Joailliers, 2022, €650.
2400 + 1056 pages, 2 vols, hardback in slip case, 14 x 20.5 cm.
By function
Amulets
Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
British Museum Press, 1994.
128 pages, paperback, 24 x 17.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-0714109763
Thogchaks – Himmelseisen. Tibetische Amulette. Sammlung Christian H. Lutz.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016, €78.
304 pages, hardback, 25 x 31.5 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3897904521
Tibetan amulets from the Christian H. Lutz collection.
La colección de amuletos del museo diocesano de Cuenca.
Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2005.
168 pages, paperback, 22.5 x 22.5 cm, Spanish.
ISBN: 978-8484274117
Φυλαξ: τα φυλακτα της υστερης αρχαιοτητας. [Phylax: Amulets of Late Antiquity].
Ekdoseis Graphēma, Thessaloniki, 2017, €30.
333 pages, hardback, 21 x 29 cm, Greek.
ISBN: 978-6185271084
Amulets, Talismans, And Magical Jewelry: A Way To The Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God.
Nicolas Hays Inc, 2005.
192 pages, paperback, 8 x 9 inches.
ISBN: 978-0892541171
An explanation of Jewish amulets.
Armour
Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe.
V&A Publications, 2009. £19.99. ISBN 9781851775811
Bracelets
The Great African Bangle Culture.
Fruitful Publications, 2018, £16.95.
244 pages, paperback, 16.2 x 20.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-0993047855
Το βραχιόλι: νεοελληνικό και ethnic: 19ος-20ός αιώνας [Bracelets: neo-Hellenic and Ethnic: 19th and 20th Centuries.
Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece, 2008.
176 pages, paperback, 26 x 24 cm, Greek.
ISBN: 960795758Χ
Published in association with an exhibition at The Hellenic Foundation.
Brooches
Behind the Brooch: A Closer Look at Backs, Catches, and Pin Stems.
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2014, $34.99.
176 pages, hardback, 8.2 x 9.4 inches.
ISBN: 978-0764345593
Brooches and Badges.
Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2019, £14.95.
160 pages, hardback, 16.5 x 23.4 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500480359.
V&A Accessories series.
The Brooch Unpinned. The Goldsmiths' Company Collection 1961 – 2021.
Goldsmiths' Company, 2021, £20.
136 pages, paperback, 25.5 x 18 cm.
ISBN 978-0907814375
Buttons and cuff jewellery
Da gioielli ad accessori alla moda. Tradizione e innovazione nella manifattura del bottone in Italia dal tardo Medioevo a oggi.
Marsilio, 2014, €28.
248 pages, paperback, 21.2 x 15.4 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8831716161
Wearing the Moon. Navajo and Pueblo Silver Buttons.
Sky Hill Press, 2017, $38.50.
150 pages, paperback, 9 x 10 inches.
ISBN: 978-0975986905
Sbírka Waldes / Waldes Collection / Waldes Sammlung.
Muzeum skla a bižuterie v Jablonci nad Nisou, 2014.
60 pages, paperback, 23.5 x 20.4 cm, Czech, German, English.
ISBN: 978-8086397160.
Collection of buttons and other fasteners and Balkan traditional jewellery in the Jablonec Museum.
Déboutonner la mode.
Édition Les Arts Décoratifs, 2015, €45.
192 pages, paperback, 21.5 x 27 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2916914541
Catalogue of an exhibition of buttons at the Musée des Arts décoratifs at Paris.
Cuff Jewelry: A Historical Account for Collectors and Antique Dealers.
Howard L. Bell, 1994.
102 pages, paperback, 10.9 x 8.5 inches.
Precious Cufflinks: From Pablo Picasso to James Bond - Accessories and Jewellery for Gentlemen Over the Course of Time.
Hirmer Verlag, 2016, €39.90.
120 pages, hardback, 21.6 x 27.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-3777424231
Chains
Histoire de la Bijouterie à Saint-Amand-Montrond (Cher). Contenant un Précis technique illustré de la fabrication de la chaine et la reproduction des poinçons de maître en usage dans cette ville.
Saint-Amand, La Remembrance, 1998.
102 pages, hardback, 15 x 21 cm.
Catene. Chains. Gioielli fra storia, funzione e ornamento. Jewellery in history, function and ornament.
Silvana, Milan, 2018, €26.
192 pages, hardback, 18 x 25 cm, Italian, English.
ISBN: 978-8836638468
Published in association with an exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza.
Clasps and fastenings
Behind the Brooch: A Closer Look at Backs, Catches, and Pin Stems.
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2014, $34.99.
176 pages, hardback, 8.2 x 9.4 inches.
ISBN 978-0764345593
Sbírka Waldes / Waldes Collection / Waldes Sammlung.
Muzeum skla a bižuterie v Jablonci nad Nisou, 2014.
60 pages, paperback, 23.5 x 20.4 cm, Czech, German, English.
ISBN: 978-8086397160.
Collection of buttons and other fasteners and Balkan traditional jewellery in the Jablonec Museum.
Storia della fibbia tra Moda e Gioiello (1700-1950), attraverso la collezione Pennasilico.
Skira, 2018, €40.
168 pages, hardback, 24 x 28 cm, Italian, English.
ISBN: 978-8857239910. JHT 36
Hooked-Clasps and Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles.
Portcullis Publishing, 2008. £19.95.
238 pages, paperback, 24.6 x 17.3 cm.
ISBN: 978-0953245055.
Clasps, 4,000 Years of Fasteners in Jewellery.
Ed. Terracol, 2017, €55.
288 pages, hardback, 21.5 x 24.5 cm.
ISBN 978-2953521856. JHT 30
Le Fermoir en bijouterie, 4000 ans d'histoires.
French language version, 2016, €48.50,
ISBN 978-2953521849
Hundreds of… Medieval chic in metal. Decorative mounts on belts and purses from the Low Countries, 1300-1600.
Stichting Promotie Archeologie, Zwolle, 2012, £20.
152 pages, paperback, 22 x 18 cm. ISBN: 978-9089321114
Van haarnaald tot schoengesp. Accessoires in goud en zilver. Sterckshof Studies no. 44.
Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, 2011, € 35.
368 pages, paperback, 27 x 21 cm.
Articles in Dutch and English, with summaries in French and German.
Published to accompany an exhibition of silver and gold costume accessories at Sterckshof.
Earrings
Earrings: From Antiquity to the Present.
Daniela Mascetti, Amanda Triossi.
Thames & Hudson, 1999.
224 pages, paperback, 23.5 x 31.1 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500281611
ОБЕЦИ С ФОРМА НА ВЪПРОСИТЕЛЕН ЗНАК ОТ СРЕДНОВЕКОВНА БЪЛГАРИЯ (XIII–XIV В.)
[‘Question mark shaped earrings’ and Eastern influence (especially of Cumans and Golden Horde) on Medieval culture.]
Georgi Vladimirov.
Уникарт ЕООД, [Unicart Ltd], Sofia, 2019, €7.
88 pages, paperback, 16.5 х 24 cm, Bulgarian with summaries in English, French, German and Russian.
ISBN: 978-9540139333
Crowns
Gioielli del potere. Corone e tiare/Jewellery of Power. Crowns and Tiaras.
Silvana Editoriale, 2018, €18.
96 pages, paperback, 15 x 21 cm, Italian, English
ISBN: 978-8836641529
Published in association with an exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello at Vicenza.
Crown Jewellery & Regalia of the World.
Pepin Press, 2011. £45.
ISBN: 978-9054960904. JHT 15
Tiaras of Dreams, Dreaming of Tiaras.
Rizzoli International Publications, 2022, $35.
10 pages, hardback, 8.25 x 10.125 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847871599
Chaumet Tiaras: Divine Jewels.
Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2020, £80.
256 pages, hardback, 27.4 x 36.1 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500210284
The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana.
Dallas Museum of Art, 2018, $25.
134 pages, hardback, 7.7 x 10.7 inches
ISBN: 978-0300233049
Published in association with an exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Other head ornaments
Le Monde en tête.
Exhibition catalogue of the Antoine de Galbert collection of headdresses from outside Europe.
Le Seuil, 2019, €42.
312 pages, hardback, 24.6 x 29.4 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2021414394
Published in association with an exhibition at the Musée des Confluences, Lyon
Saints et diables au chapeau : Bijoux oubliés du Moyen-Age
Seuil, 2007, €10. 188 pages, paperback, 23.8 x 23.4 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2020917582
Medieval hat badges
Coup de chapeau aux épingles.
Lulu.com, 2014, €36.40.
114 pages, paperback, 15.2 x 22.9 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-1291664225
History and social context of hat pins from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Zierkämme und ornamentaler Haarschmuck aus Japan.
Fritz Falk.
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 1978.
40 pages, paperback, German.
Published in association with an exhibition of work from the Chiko Okazaki Collection, Tokyo, at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.
Acus Crinalis. ¡Y yo con estos pelos!
Bibat. Arabako Arkeologia Museoa, 2020.
14 pages, pdf, free to download at arkeologiamuseoabibat.eus
Catalogue of an exhibition of Roman bone hair pins.
Combs and Hair Accessories.
Norma Hague.
Lutterworth Press, 1985.
64 pages, paperback, 12 x 16.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-0718825935
Art Deco Modeschmuck aus Gablonz. Ziernadeln.
Neuwirth Editionen Band 5, 2008, €78.
120 pages, paperback, 21 x 30 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3900282615
Hair pins produced at Gablonz/Jablonec
Tiara.
Chronicle Books/Antonie Van Lee edition, 2000.
192 pages, hardback, 10 x 12 inches.
ISBN: 978-0811827171.
Published in associatin with an exhibition at the MFA Boston
Bijoux de tête. Chaumet de 1804 à nos jours.
Assouline, 2002.
240 pages, hardback, 27.7 x 19.4 cm.
ISBN: 978-2843233296.
Erhobenen Hauptes. Kopfschmuck aus aller Welt.
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2014, €21.
80 pages, paperback, German.
ISBN: 978-3933924193
Published in association with an exhibtion at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.
Powerful Headdresses: Africa and Asia.
Five Continents Editions, October, 2010. £55.
ISBN 978-8874395514
Pieces from the Ira Brind Collection.
Medals
British Commemorative Medals and Their Values.
Spink and Son Ltd, London 2010. £75.
ISBN 978-1907427060. JHT 11
Half a century of jewelry and medallion art.
Uno a Erre Gori e Zucchi S.p.A. Milan, 1978.
152 pages, paperback, 21 x 24 cm.
Les décorations, ces bijoux qui traversent l'histoire; 150e anniversaire de l'Ordre de Léopold (1832-1982)
Georges Thone, Liège, 1982.
197 pages, paperback, 16 x 24 cm, French.
Necklaces
Halsringe: Erkennen. Bestimmen. Beschreiben.
Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV), 2021, £18.
176 pages, paperback, 17 x 24 cm.
ISBN: 978-3422982864
Published in Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie series no.7
The Necklace: From Antiquity to the Present.
Harry N. Abrams, 1997.
224 pages, hardback, 9.2 x 12.5 inches.
ISBN 978-0810936829
Rings
Rings of the 20th and 21st Century. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection. JHT 37
Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, 2019, £68.
400 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 29.8 cm, English, German.
ISBN:978-3897905160
Rings around the world.
Les Enluminures, New York, 2016, £40.
302 pages, paperback, 23 x 17 cms.
ISBN : 978-0997184211
Antike Fingerringe: Die Sammlung Alain Ollivier/Ancient finger rings : the Alain Ollivier collection.
Prähistorische Staatssammlung München, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 1997.
192 pages, hardback, 24 x 17.5 cm, German, English.
ISBN : 978-3927806207
Ringe - Rings, the Alice and Louis Koch Collection.
Routledge, 1994.
736 pages, 2 vols, hardback, 36 x 25.6 cm, German, English.
ISBN : 978-0901286451
Rings.
V & A Publishing, 2011. £12.99.
ISBN: 978-1851776504.
Rings 1800 - 1910. A Study of English and related designs.
Write Designs, Ltd, 2009, £20.
144 pages, paperback, 9.5 x 7.2 inches.
ISBN: 978-0977261444
The Ring of Truth: and other myths of sex and jewelry.
Oxford University Press, 2017, $34.95.
424 pages, hardback, 9.3 x 6.4 inches.
ISBN: 978-0190267117
New Rings: 500 + Designs from Around the World.
Thames and Hudson, 2011. £19.95.
ISBN: 978-0500289334.
English Posies and Posy Rings.
Wartski Limited, 2012, £45.00.
148 pages, hardback, 22.6 x 15 cm.
ISBN: 978-1851497188.
Reprint of the original text from 1931.
Ruby Gold.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £32.
168 pages, hardback, 15 x 21 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897906143
Published in association with an exhibition at Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen
Anneaux et Bagues. Dessins.
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1992.
48 pages, paperback, 20 x 14 cm.
ISBN: 978-2711825660
Bagues d'Homme.
Editions Albin Michel, Paris, 2018, €49.
304 pages, hardback, 24.7 x 29.5 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2226259325
Men’s rings.
English language version, Gingko Press, £54.99
ISBN: 978-3943330182
Published in association with an exhibition at L'École des Arts Joailliers, Paris.
Bagues Mérovingiennes: Gaule du Nord.
Les Chevaulégers, Paris, 2008. €48.
447 paperback, 20.9 x 14.7 cm, French.
ISBN 9782916996080. JHT 6
Golden Marvels of Byzantium: a Millennium of Finger-Rings (3rd-13th centuries).
Les Enluminures, 2017, $15.
64 pages, paperback, 23 x 17 cm.
ISBN: 978-0997184242
Take This Ring: Medieval and Renaissance Rings from the Griffin Collection.
Brepols (Les Enluminures), 2015, €40.
236 pages, paperback, 22 x 22 cm.
ISBN: 978-0991517251. JHT 26.
Cycles of Life: Rings from the Benjamin Zucker Family Collection.
Paul Holberton Publishing, 2014, $50.
260 pages, paperback, 9 x 6.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0991517237
Catalogue of an exhibition at New York, including contributions by SJH members Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Reine Hadjadj and Diana Scarisbrick.
Towards an Art History of Medieval Rings.
Paul Holberton, London, 2007. £20.
ISBN 978-1903470640. JHT 5
Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2021, £39.
208 pages, hardback, 22.9 × 24.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897906259
Published in association with an exhibition at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
A World of Invention. Rings from the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 1961–2021.
The Goldsmiths’ Company, 2022, £20.
120 pages, paperback, 18 x 25.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-0907814405 JHT 46
Ancient Rings: An Illustrated Collector’s Guide.
McFarland, 2018, $55, Kindle edition $32.99.
180 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 inches.
ISBN 978-1476673851.
Rings for the Finger.
Dover Publications, 2011.
399 pages, paperback, 5.2 x 8.8 inches.
ISBN: 978-0486222264.
Reprint of 1917 original - numerous issues from 1973 onwards.
The Rings from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art.
National Museum of Western Art, 2014, ¥2,400.
318 pages, hardback, 15.3 x 21.6 cm, Japanese.
ISBN: 978-4907442040
Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.
Mythos Irenenring. Der Arma-Christi-Ring vom Kloster Lorch.
Museum und Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 2021, €20.
88 pages, hardback, 21 x 27,3 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3936988376
Mythos Lutherring. Der Ring der Katharina von Bora.
Museum und Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 2021, €20.
68 pages, hardback, 21 x 27,3 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3936988383
Der Ring - 500 Jahre Schmuck, Magie, Handwerk und Design.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, November 2011. €32.
ISBN 9783936988185.
I like my choyse: Posy Rings from The Griffin Collection.
Ad Ilissum, 2020, £35.
224 pages, hardback, 22.23 x 22.23 cm.
ISBN: 978-1912168217
Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty.
Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007, £29.95. 384 pages, hardback, 22.3 x 22.9 cm. ISBN 978-0500513644.
Paperback, 2013, £19.95. ISBN 978-0500291122.
Bagues : Bijoux de pouvoir, d'amour et de loyauté.
French version, hardback, 2008, €55. ISBN 978-2878113198.
Late Byzantine Rings, 1204-1453.
Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2013, €49.
112 pages, hardback, 17.1 x 24.1 cm.
ISBN: 978-3895009402
Rings of the Ancient World. Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman Rings from the Slava Yevdayev Collection.
Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2015, €59.
152 pages, hardback, 17.0 x 24.0 cm.
ISBN: 978-3954900480
Rings through the Ages.
Rizzoli, 1981.
214 pages, hardback, 23.2 x 16.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-0847803972
La Bague de l'Antiquité à nos jours.
French language version, La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1981, ISBN: 978-2850470141.
Der Ring im Wandel der Zeit.
German language version, Hirmer, 1981.
Watches and watch accompaniments
A Man and his Watch: Iconic Watches and Stories from the Men who wore them.
Artisan, 2017, $35.
216 pages, hardback, 7.4 x 11.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-1579657147
How the Watch Was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years.
Antique Collectors’ Club, 2010. £45. ISBN 9781851496372. JHT 9
L’horlogerie à Genève, Magie des mêtiers, trésors d’or et d’émail.
Hazan, December, 2011. €30.00. ISBN 9782754106054.
Treasures of Vacheron Constantin: A legacy of watchmaking since 1755.
Yale University Press, July 2011. £35. ISBN 9780300178562.
Jewels of Time: The World of Women's Watches.
The Curated Collection, 2013, £45.
304 pages, hardback, 25.4 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 978-0983083108
Watch keys as jewelry: Collecting experiences of a husband and wife.
Syracuse University, 1967.
135 pages, hardback, 9.3 x 5.9 inches
Les Coqs de montres : De la collection de M. E. Coinon et modèles de Daniel Marot, 660 modèles de coqs français, allemands, anglais, autrichiens, hollandais, suisses.
L'auteur, 21, rue des Boulangers, 1969.
32 pages, paperback, 27 x 21 cm
Other
Las joyas en el vestir de la Virgen.
Almuzara, 2020, €23.
376 pages, paperback, 15 x 24 cm, Spanish.
ISBN: 978-8418205491
Au fil des perles, la prière comptée: Chapelets et couronnes de prières dans l'Occident chrétien. [Rosaries]
Somogy éditions d'art, 2017, €22.
168 pages, paperback, 24 x 17.2 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2757212950
Corbella Milano. The First Italian Manufacturer of Jewellery and Weapons for the Theatre.
Silvana Editoriale, 2018, €35.
216 pages, hardback, 28.6 x 24.6 cm, Italian, English.
ISBN: 978-8836640362
Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age.
Pelican, 2006.
160 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 11.2 inches.
ISBN: 978-1565547254.
Jewellery designed and worn in Mardi Gras carnivals
Cravat & Tie Pins Past & Present.
Bower Parham Stewart Limited, 2017, £30.
100 pages, hardback, 25 x 21 cm.
ISBN: 978-1526206800. JHT 31.
The Jewelry Face Book of Pins & Pendants: Vintage Visages.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012, $49.95.
178 pages, paperback, 7.9 x 9.8 inches.
ISBN: 978-1468178753
The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Gold Boxes.
Trustees of the Wallace Collection/Paul Holberton Publishing, 2013, £100.
352 pages, hardback, 30.8 x 25.8 cm. ISBN: 978-0900785948
Inrō. Japanese Belt Ornaments. The Trumpf Collection.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016, €98.
432 pages, hardback, 22 x 29.5 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897904446
Inrō. Gürtelschmuck des Japaners aus Beständen des Linden-Museums Stuttgart.
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 1988
62 pages, paperback, 20.5 x 23 cm, German.
Publshed in assocaition with an exhibition at the Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim
Chinesische Schmucktäschchen
Dausien Werner, 1999.
120 pages, hardback, 28.6 x 21.6 cm, German.
ISBN 978-3768410298.
Klatergoud en zilveren bellen. Sterckshof Studies no. 39.
Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, 2009, € 25.
176 pages, paperback.
Dutch, with summaries in French, German and English.
Published to accompany an exhibition of children’s silver and gold rattles at Sterckshof.
Secrets of Aromatic Jewelry.
Flammarion, 1998.
192 pages, hardback, 7.7 x 9.7 inches.
ISBN: 978-2080136343
Nutmeg: Graters, Pomanders and Spice Boxes: Luxury and utility from the 16th century to the present day.
ACC Art Books, 2022, £50.
312 pages, hardback, 25 x 30.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-1788841450