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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.

Jamey D. Allen.

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]

Stanimir Baracki.

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.

Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, Clive Bonsall, Alice M. Choyke.

Oxbow Books, 2017, £48.

224 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 28.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-1785706929

Pueblo Bead Jewelry: Living Design.

Paula A. Baxter.

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.

Gail Bird.

Heard Museum, 2001.

80 pages, paperback, 25.1 x 20.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-0934351652

The Beads of St. Catherines Island

Elliot H. Blair, Lorann S.A. Pendleton, Peter Francis Jr.

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.

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

Margret Carey

Shire Publications (Shire Ethnography Series), 1986).

64 pages, hardback.

ISBN 978-0852637975

Beads and Beadwork of West and Central Africa

Margret Carey

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.

Giacomo De Carlo.

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.

Lois Sherr Dubin.

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.

Peter Francis.

University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, $42.

432 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 9.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-0824823320

Perler i Grønland.

Keld Hansen.

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.

Edith Holm.

Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, Munich, 1984.

190 pages, hardback, 22 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3766707444

An Icon in Jewellery Design – Trollbeads.

Ehrhorn Hummerston.

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.

Mette Langbroek.

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]

Małgorzata Markiewicz.

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.

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.

Beads of Borneo.

Heidi Munan.

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.

Augusto Panini.

Antiga Edizioni, 2017, €39.

376 pages, paperback, 28 x 23.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-8899657901. JHT 32

Beads: A History and Collector's Guide.

Stefany Tomalin (SJH member).

Amberley Publishing, 2016, £14.99.

96 pages, paperback, 23.4 x 16.7 cm.

ISBN: 978-1445658650

Iintsimbi. Perlenarbeiten aus Südafrika.

Miklós Szalay.

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.

Ulf Vierke.

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.

Noël Adams, Chris Entwistle.

British Museum Press, September, 2011. £45. ISBN 978-0861591770.

Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century.

John Boardman (SJH president emeritus).

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.

John Boardman, Diana Scarisbrick, Claudia Wagner and Erika Zierlein-Diehl.

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.

Cristina del Mare.

Centrobanca, 2015, €5.

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

Published in association with an exhibition at Vicenza.

Cameo Appearances.

James David Draper.

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.

Kata Endreffy, Arpád Miklós Nagy, Jeffrey Spier.

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.

Paweł Gołyźniak.

Archaeopress, 2020, £90.

618 pages, hardback, 20.3 x 29.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-1789695397

Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow.

Pawel Gołyźniak.

Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2017, €148.

432 pages, hardback, 21.0 x 29.7 cm.

ISBN: 978-3954902439. JHT 33

The Complete Content Cameos.

Martin Henig, Helen Molesworth.

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.

Julia Kagan.

The Beazley Archive, Oxford 2010, £65.

ISBN: 978-1903767122. JHT 9

Φυλαξ: τα φυλακτα της υστερης αρχαιοτητας. [Phylax: Amulets of Late Antiquity].

Dr. Panagiotis Kambanis.

Ekdoseis Graphēma, Thessaloniki, 2017, €30.

333 pages, hardback, 21 x 29 cm, Greek.

ISBN: 978-6185271084

Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire.

Genevra Kornbluth.

Penn State University Press, 1995.

254 pages, hardback, 8.5 x 11 inches.

ISBN: 978-0271014265

Cameos and Intaglios: The Art of Engraved Stones.

Philippe Malgouyres.

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.

Philippe Malgouyres.

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.

John Henry Middleton.

Cambridge University Press, 2011. £12.99. ISBN: 978-1108016100.

Updated reprint of the 1892 catalogue.

Cameos Old and New.

Anna M. Miller.

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.

Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti & John Boardman.

Royal Collection Publications, London, 2008. £95.

ISBN 9781902163475. JHT 6

Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems. Meanings and interpretations.

Idit Sagiv.

Archaeopress, 2018, £35.

98 pages, paperback, 17.5 x 24.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-1784918699

The Guy Ladrière Collection of Gems and Rings.

Diana Scarisbrick, Claudia Wagner, John Boardman.

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.

Diana Scarisbrick.

Thames & Hudson, 2011, $29.95. 352 pages, paperback, 23.2 x 22.6 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2878113655.

Late Antique and Early Christian Gems.

Jeffrey Spier.

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.

Gabriela Tassinari.

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).

B.J.L. Van den Bercken, V.C.P. Baan.

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.

Claudia Wagner, John Boardman.

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.

Claudia Wagner, John Boardman, Diana Scarisbrick.

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.

David M. Mitchell.

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.

Remi Verlet.

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.

Carol Andrews.

British Museum Press, 1994.

128 pages, paperback, 24 x 17.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-0714109763

Thogchaks – Himmelseisen. Tibetische Amulette. Sammlung Christian H. Lutz.

Manfred Gerner.

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.

Francisco J. Moraleja Izquierdo.

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].

Dr. Panagiotis Kambanis.

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.

Barbara Black Koltuv.

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.

Angus Patterson.

V&A Publications, 2009. £19.99. ISBN 9781851775811


Bracelets


The Great African Bangle Culture.

James Mellon.

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.

Katerina Koppe-Zografou.

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.

Lorena Angulo.

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2014, $34.99.

176 pages, hardback, 8.2 x 9.4 inches.

ISBN: 978-0764345593

Brooches and Badges. 

Rachel Church. 

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.

Dora Thornton.

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.

Barbara Bettoni.

Marsilio, 2014, €28.

248 pages, paperback, 21.2 x 15.4 cm, Italian.

ISBN: 978-8831716161

Wearing the Moon. Navajo and Pueblo Silver Buttons.

Gary Brockman.

Sky Hill Press, 2017, $38.50.

150 pages, paperback, 9 x 10 inches.

ISBN: 978-0975986905

Sbírka Waldes / Waldes Collection / Waldes Sammlung. 

Kateřina Hrušková. 

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.

Musée des Arts décoratifs.

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.

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.

Walter Grasser, Franz Hemmerle, Duke Alexander von Württemberg.

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.

Pierre Mezinski.

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.

Alba Cappellieri.

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.

Lorena Angulo.

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2014, $34.99.

176 pages, hardback, 8.2 x 9.4 inches.

ISBN 978-0764345593

Sbírka Waldes / Waldes Collection / Waldes Sammlung. 

Kateřina Hrušková. 

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.

Bianca Cappello (SJH member), Samuele Magri.

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.

Brian Read.

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.

Anna Tabakhova.

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.

A. Willemsen, M. Ernst.

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.

Alba Cappellieri.

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.

René Brus.

Pepin Press, 2011. £45.

ISBN: 978-9054960904. JHT 15

Tiaras of Dreams, Dreaming of Tiaras.

Michèle Gazier, Kristjana S. Williams.

Rizzoli International Publications, 2022, $35.

10 pages, hardback, 8.25 x 10.125 inches.

ISBN:‎ 978-0847871599

Chaumet Tiaras: Divine Jewels.

Clare Phillips, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni.

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.

Roslyn Adele Walker.

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

Denis Bruna.

Seuil, 2007, €10. 188 pages, paperback, 23.8 x 23.4 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2020917582

Medieval hat badges

Coup de chapeau aux épingles.

Christine Entre D’Anjou.

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!

Nerea Benito, Ana Rosa Campos.

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.

Waltraud Neuwirth.

Neuwirth Editionen Band 5, 2008, €78.

120 pages, paperback, 21 x 30 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3900282615

Hair pins produced at Gablonz/Jablonec

Tiara.

Diana Scarisbrick.

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.

Diana Scarisbrick.

Assouline, 2002.

240 pages, hardback, 27.7 x 19.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-2843233296.

Erhobenen Hauptes. Kopfschmuck aus aller Welt.

Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.

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.

Anne Van Cutsem-Vanderstraete.

Five Continents Editions, October, 2010. £55.

ISBN 978-8874395514

Pieces from the Ira Brind Collection.


Medals


British Commemorative Medals and Their Values.

Christopher Eimer.

Spink and Son Ltd, London 2010. £75.

ISBN 978-1907427060. JHT 11

Half a century of jewelry and medallion art.

Mario Guidotti.

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)

José Thiernesse.

Georges Thone, Liège, 1982.

197 pages, paperback, 16 x 24 cm, French.



Necklaces


Halsringe: Erkennen. Bestimmen. Beschreiben.

Angelika Abegg-Wigg, Ronald Heynowski.

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.

Daniela Mascetti, Amanda Triossi.

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

Beatriz Chadour-Sampson. 

Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, 2019, £68. 

400 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 29.8 cm, English, German. 

ISBN:978-3897905160 

Rings around the world.

Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sandra Hindman.

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.

Beatriz Chadour-Sampson.

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.

Beatriz Chadour.

Routledge, 1994.

736 pages, 2 vols, hardback, 36 x 25.6 cm, German, English.‎

ISBN : 978-0901286451

Rings.

Rachel Church.

V & A Publishing, 2011. £12.99.

ISBN: 978-1851776504.

Rings 1800 - 1910. A Study of English and related designs.

Verlaine Davies.

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.

Wendy Doniger.

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.

Nicolas Estrada.

Thames and Hudson, 2011. £19.95.

ISBN: 978-0500289334.

English Posies and Posy Rings.

Joan Evans.

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.

Karl Fritsch.

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.

Claude Gary.

Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1992.

48 pages, paperback, 20 x 14 cm.

ISBN: 978-2711825660

Bagues d'Homme.

Yves Gastou.

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.

Reine Hadjadj.

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).

Sandra Hindman.

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.

Sandra Hindman.

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.

Sandra Hindman.

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.

S. Hindman et al.

Paul Holberton, London, 2007. £20.

ISBN 978-1903470640. JHT 5

Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

Ursula Ilse-Neuman.

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.

Frances Parton (SJH member), Dora Thornton (SJH member).

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.

T.N. Pollio.

‎ McFarland, 2018, $55, Kindle edition $32.99.

‎180 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 inches.

ISBN 978-1476673851.

Rings for the Finger.

George Frederick Kunz.

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.

Exhibition catalogue.

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.

Ursula Röhrs.

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.

Ursula Röhrs.

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.

Ursula Röhrs.

Schwäbisch Gmünd, November 2011. €32.

ISBN 9783936988185.

I like my choyse: Posy Rings from The Griffin Collection.

Diana Scarisbrick.

Ad Ilissum, 2020, £35.

224 pages, hardback, 22.23 x 22.23 cm.

ISBN:‎ 978-1912168217

Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty.

Diana Scarisbrick and James Fenton.

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.

Jeffrey Spier.

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.

Jeffrey Spier, Jack Ogden.

Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2015, €59.

152 pages, hardback, 17.0 x 24.0 cm.

ISBN: 978-3954900480

Rings through the Ages.

A. Ward, J. Cherry, C. Gere, B. Cartlidge.

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.

Matt Hranek.

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.

Genevieve Cummins.

Antique Collectors’ Club, 2010. £45. ISBN 9781851496372. JHT 9

L’horlogerie à Genève, Magie des mêtiers, trésors d’or et d’émail.

Estelle Fallet.

Hazan, December, 2011. €30.00. ISBN 9782754106054.

Treasures of Vacheron Constantin: A legacy of watchmaking since 1755.

Julien Marchenoir.

Yale University Press, July 2011. £35. ISBN 9780300178562.

Jewels of Time: The World of Women's Watches.

Roberta Naas.

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.

Grace Howard Smith & Eugene Randolph Smith.

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.

Tardy (Henry Gustave Lengellé).

L'auteur, 21, rue des Boulangers, 1969.

32 pages, paperback, 27 x 21 cm


Other


Las joyas en el vestir de la Virgen.

Luis G. Prieto Sanchez, Isabel Nuñez Diaz.

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]

Philippe Malgouyres.

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.

Angelica Corbella, Bianca Cappello (SJH member).

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.

Henri Schindler.

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.

James G. Gosling.

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.

Kathy Flood.

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.

Charles Truman.

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.

Uta Werlich / Susanne Germann.

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.

Fritz Falk, Klaus J. Brandt, Werner Weißbrodtn.

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

Loretta H. Wang

Dausien Werner, 1999.

120 pages, hardback, 28.6 x 21.6 cm, German.

ISBN 978-3768410298.

Klatergoud en zilveren bellen. Sterckshof Studies no. 39.

M. Jacobs, S. Goossens, A.-M. Willemsen.

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.

Annette Green, Linda Dyett.

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.

John Reckless.

ACC Art Books, 2022, £50.

312 pages, hardback, 25 x 30.8 cm.

ISBN:‎ 978-1788841450


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