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).
Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940.
Philip Wilson Publishers, 2018, £16.95.
176 pages, paperback, 19.6 x 24.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-1781300671
Published in association with an exhibition at the Fitzwillam Museum, Cambridge.
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.
Jewellery Matters.
Rijksmuseum/Nai010 publishers, 2017, €39.95.
640 pages, hardback, 14 x 19.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-9462083752. JHT 33
Frauen. Kunst und Macht - Drei Frauen aus dem Hause Habsburg.
KHM-Museumsverband, 2018, €24.95.
182 pages, paperback, 24 x 28 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3990201695
Published in association with an exhibition at Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck.
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
Eastern Treasures: Ottoman Oman Yemen and Turkoman Jewellery.
Gilgamesh Publishing, 2017, £49.95.
312 pages, hardback, 25 x 33 cm.
ISBN: 978-1908531575
Devonshire Marbles: Their Geology, History and Uses.
Geologists' Association Guide No. 72.
Vol I: Understanding the marbles, Vol II: Recognising the marbles.
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.
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Guide.
Birmingham Museums Trust, 2015, £5.
37 pages, paperback, 19 x 19 cm.
ISBN: 978-9780957049482
Italian Jewelry of the 20th Century.
Silvana, Milan, 2017, €45.
336 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 30.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-8836635078
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
Royal Rubies.
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.
Diving for Starfish: The Jeweler, the Actress, the Heiress, and One of the World's Most Alluring Pieces of Jewelry.
St. Martin's Press, 2018, $26.99.
240 pages, hardback, 5.8 x 8.6 inches.
ISBN: 978-1250056207
American Baroque: Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700.
University of North Carolina Press, 2018, $39.95.
304 pages, hardback, 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-1469638973
Published in association with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.