Recent books on jewellery
The following books of interest to jewellery historians have been published recently and noted by Jewellery History Today. For lists of books published earlier, click here. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here. For detailed bibliographies of books on European traditional jewellery and silver marks, click here (members only).
Other resources - The Goldsmiths' Company Library
The Goldsmiths' Company Library is a reference-only collection which specialises in silver, jewellery, and hallmarking. The library collections include over 8,000 books and more than 15,000 images. Other resources include journals, films and special research collections such as the Twining Collection on regalia and royal jewellery.
Approximately one quarter of the Library holdings are searchable in the online catalogue here.
Collecting Jewellery
ACC Art Books, 2026, £25.
208 pages, hardcover,
19.3 x 2.29 x 23.88 cm,
English.
ISBN: 978-1788843478
Jewelry Creators: Dynamic Duos and Generational Gems
ACC Art Books, 2026, £45.
176 pages, hardcover,
30 x 20 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-1788843263
Cartier: En Equilibre: High Jewelry and Precious Objects
Flammarion, 2026, £85.
256 pages, hardcover,
26.19 x 2.82 x 30.68 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-2080482747
The Secret Language of Jewellery in Art
Graffeg Books, 2026, £20.
176 pages, hardcover,
25 x 25 x 10 cm,
English.
ISBN: 978-1805951506
The Secret Language of Victorian Jewelry
Clarkson Potter, 2026, £20.
272 pages, hardcover,
20.3 x 16.5 cm,
English.
ISBN: 9798217034840
Ukrainian Jewelry
Creative Publishing, 2025, £41.
224 pages, hardcover,
23.5 x 30 cm,
English, Ukrainian.
ISBN: 978-6178417055
Going Underground: The Jewels of Bernhard Schobinger
ACC Art Books, 2026, £39.
112 pages, hardcover,
28 x 23 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-3897907652
A Life in Jewels: New Stories from Jewelry Historian Martijn Akkerman
Wbooks, 2026, £27.
160 pages, hardcover,
20.1 x 2.5 x 25 cm, Dutch.
ISBN: 978-9462587441
Friedrich Becker Preis
Arnoldsche Art Publishers 2026, £32.
256 pages, hardcover,
16.4 x 24 cm,
English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897907669
Marzee
Arnoldsche Art Publishers 2026, £42.
256 pages, hardcover,
25.5 × 30.5 cm,
English.
ISBN: 978-3897907560
Jewelry On The Wild Side
ORO Editions, 2026, £60.
300 pages, hardcover,
23.5 x 5.08 x 32.39 cm,
English.
ISBN: 978-1966515425
Rubis: La Premiere Braise
Cinebra, 2026, £15.
98 pages, paperback,
10.8 x 0.8 x 18 cm,
French.
ISBN: 978-2494113060
Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria:
Charlotte Gere and Judy Rudoe.
British Museum, 2026, £60.
552 pages, hardcover,
290 × 226 mm, English.
ISBN: 978-0714128191
Watkins + Ramshaw: A New Vision
Dr Frances Parton, Dr Dora Thornton.
The Goldsmiths’ Company, 2023, £20.
100 pages, softcover/folded,
18.0 x 25.5 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-0907814498