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.
Dinh Van: Jewelry Sculptor
Flammarion, 2025, £45.
192 pages, paperback,
22.78 x 1.68 x 30.51 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-2080467133
Brilliance: Jewelry Art and Fashion
MFA Publications, 2025, £48.
224 pages, hardback,
23.5 x 2 x 28 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-0878469055
In Search of the Blindingly Obvious: The Creative Process from a Mystical Perspective
YouCaxton Publications, 2025, £45.
215 pages, hardback,
25 x 1.8 x 25 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-1915972668
Radiance And Reverie: Jewels from the Collection of Neil Lane
Rizzoli International
Publications, 2025, £60.
320 pages, hardback,
24.97 x 2.92 x 31.17 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-0847874392
Silver Enamel Boxes: A Time Capsule
Lupo13 Publishers, 2025, €75
321 pages, hardback, English.
ISBN: 978-909040427
Kutchinsky’s Egg: A Family Story of Love, Loss and Obsession
Gallery UK, 2026, £20.
368 pages, hardback,
13.5 x 2.62 x 21.6 cm, English.
ISBN: 978-1398532847
Jewel-Italy: Technical Art Between Ancient and Modern
Silvana Editoriale, 2026, €28.
248 pages, paperback,
17 x 24 cm, English, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8836661442
Colombian Emerald / Esmeralda Colombiana
Collectissim, 2026, €110.
304 pages, hard cover,
23 x 30 x 3 cm, English, Spanish.
ISBN: 9791098151804
Journey of a Jeweler: Silvia Furmanovich
Rizzoli International
Publications, 2025, £47.50
256 pages, hard cover,
21.23 x 3.02 x 27.7 cm, English
ISBN: 978-0847875603
Elizabeth Gage: A Life in Jewellery
ACC Art Publishing, 2026, £50
192 pages, hard cover,
24 x 2.03 x 28 cm, English
ISBN: 978-1788843492
The Social Lives of Medieval Rings
Arc Humanities Press, 2025, £134
270 pages, hard cover,
15.49 x 2.29 x 23.11 cm, English
ISBN: 978-1802700947
Jewelry and Armenian Goldsmiths under the Ottomans
Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2025, €500
1,432 pages, hard covers,
12.99 x 9.45 x 3.94 inches, English
ISBN: 978-9750866326
L’Ornement Précieux (Vol. 2)
De Luca Editori d’Arte, 2025, €70
189 pages, paperback,
21.2 × 1.6 × 29.3 cm
ISBN: 978-8865576069 JHT56
Marcus & Co.: Three Generations of New York Jewelers
Arnoldsche Art Publishers,
2025, £54
320 pages, hardback,
9.4 × 1.2 × 11.8 in.
ISBN: 978-3897907171 JHT56