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Jewellery History Today 47 - Special Coronation Issue, Spring 2023


Articles

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - René Brus

Shedding New Light on the ‘Vladimir’ Tiara - Galina Korneva and Tatiana Cheboksarova

The Jewels in the Dowry of Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504-1538) - Cláudia Costa Pires

Reviews

Books: How Did Our Garden Grow? The History of Hatton Garden Vivian Watson Hazel Forsyth

Books: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Diana Scarisbrick: A Life in Jewels Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Sandra Hindman, Carla van de Puttelaar. Eleni Bide

Jewellery Studies summary

Not So Hidden Messages Sarah Rothwell

Obituary

Daniel Brush (1947 - 2022) Paula Weideger


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Jewellery History Today 46 - Winter 2023


Articles

Images of Jewellery on Neolithic Stelae from the 3rd Millennium BC - Jacqueline Perifanakis with Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

An Adventure in Tuareg Jewellery - Cordelia Donohoe

Batons and Baguettes - Jack Ogden

Reviews

Books: Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity Heather Ecker, Judith Henon-Raynaud, Evelyne Possémé & Sarah Schleuning Judy Rudoe

Books: A World of Invention. Rings from the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 1961-2022 Frances Parton, Dora Thornton Sarah Rothwell

Maker: Vicki Ambery-Smith: Exquisite Jewellery from Architectural Detail Eric Turner

The Traité des pierres précieuses et de la manière de les employer en parure by the French Jeweller Jean-Henri-Prosper Pouget: An Exceptional Acquisition by the DIVA Library in Antwerp Wim Nys

Jewellery Studies summary

Thomas Gray of Sackville Street Royal Retail Jeweller, Goldsmith and Sword-Cutler Leslie Southwick

Jewellery Studies book review

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Faya Causey; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian and Michael R. Schilling Paweł Gołyźniak

Obituary

Julia Kagan (1929 – 2022) John Boardman, Judy Rudoe, Charlotte Gere


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Jewellery History Today 45 - Autumn 2022


Articles

Three Outstanding ‘Hungarian’ Opal Pieces in the Natural History Museum, London - Peter Semrád

Queen of Tragedy: Relics of Charlotte Saunders Cushman (1816-1876) - Carmen Holdsworth-Delgado

Reviews

Books: Tortoiseshell Maggie Campbell Pedersen Rachel King

Books: Bijoux du Quotidien: un trésor picard redécouvert François Séguin, Julie Rohou Rachel Church

Exhibition: A Queen’s Jewellery Box Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen Elsebeth Welander-Berggren

Exhibition: 5000 Years of Beads National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden Kirstin Kennedy

SJH Symposium. 'Jewellery in Texts, Texts in Jewellery' Stephanie Post

Enthusiasms

A Virgin Collector of Ancient Jewellery Julia Booth

Jewellery Studies book review

Les ors de l’Europe Atlantique à l’Âge du Bronze : technologie et ateliers Barbara Armbruster Susan La Niece


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Jewellery History Today 44 - Spring 2022


Articles

Renaissance Revival Jewels from the Austro-Hungarian Empire - Lucinda Orr

The Journey of a Ring or a Journey of Survival? Exploring Jewellery as Heritage Materiality - Diana Story

Combating the Plague: Apotropaic Jewellery - Christopher J. Duffin

Marie Corelli’s Egyptian Bead Necklace - Camilla King

Donation

The Bead Study Trust Jack Ogden

Reviews

Books: The Gems of Dante’s Divine Comedy Anne C. Pizzorusso Erik Schoonhoven

Books: Tadema Gallery London: Jewellery from the 1860s to the 1960s Beatriz Chadour-Sampson and Sonya Newell-Smith. Clare Phillips

Jewellery Studies summaries

American Beauties: Nineteenth century jewellery in Currier and Ives prints Annamarie V. Sandecki

Unveiling the extraordinary history of the massive diamond-set badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece of King D. João VI of Portugal João Júlio Rumsey Teixeira

Jewellery Studies book review

A Royal Renaissance Treasure and its Afterlives: The Royal Clock Salt Timothy Schroder and Dora Thornton Nigel Israel

Obituary

Ronald Lightbown Marian Campbell


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Jewellery History Today 43 - Winter 2022


Articles

A Curious Marian Coral Ex-voto from Sicily - Roberta Cruciata

Casting, Copies and Coat Hangers: Identifying Fakes of Old Jewellery - Jack Ogden

A Mestiza’s World: Jewellery from Negros Island, Philippines - Naomi Wang

Coins in Yemeni Jewellery - Mary Lewis

Jewellery and Covid-19 - Sarah Rothwell

Reviews

Exhibition and Book: Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution Victoria and Albert Museum, London Cynthia Coleman Sparke

Books: Beyond Fabergé: Imperial Russian Jewelry Marie Betteley, David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye Clare Blatherwick

Conference: ‘Cold Sweat’: The First Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennale Kirstin Kennedy

Obituary

Yvonne Brunhammer Kirstin Kennedy


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Jewellery History Today 42 - Autumn 2021


Articles

Jewelled Accessories for Late Medieval and Early Modern Pets - Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Our Lives are Jewels - Sarah Rothwell

The Union of Katherine and Dudley: Identifying an English Wedding Ring from 1706 - Rachel Church

Reviews

Books: Bijoux Anciens: an unpublished album of drawings in the Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte of Rome (ca. 1680-1820) Carolina Naya Franco Deborah Elvira

Books: Relicarios: the Forgotten Jewels of Latin America Martha Egan Kirstin Kennedy

Books: Simply Brilliant: Artist-jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s C. Amnéus, et al., and In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture S.Cummins, D.Skinner, C.Strauss. Eleni Bide

Books: Chaumet Tiaras: Divine Jewels Clare Phillips, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Andrew Prince

Exhibitions: Magnificent and Meticulous: Highlights from the Collection of Cut Stones Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden Carien Rövekamp

Exhibition preview: Fabergé in London: Romance to RevolutionV&A, London Hanne Faurby

Jewellery Studies summaries

Old Friends and Partners: Allan Bowe as an Associate of Carl Fabergé Boris Gorelik


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Jewellery History Today 41 - Spring 2021


Articles

Insignia for the Senhores dos Diamantes - João Júlio Rumsey Teixeira

Convulsion Chains - Christopher J. Duffin

'Holbein or Holbeinesque’: Alfred André and the Curse of Wishful Thinking - John Benjamin

Some Silver Jewellery from Yemen - Mary Lewis

Reviews

Books: Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery William Grant Sarah Duncan

Books: Beautiful Creatures. Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom Marion Fasel Clare Blatherwick

Museums: The new Jewellery Gallery at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore Naomi Wang

Jewellery Studies summaries

Methinks A Diamond Ring is a Vast Addition to the little Finger of a Gentleman: the use, importance and significance of diamond rings to men of the eighteenth century Rachel Church

Obituary

A.B.L. (Tony) Dove Judy Rudoe, Luke Schrager


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Jewellery History Today 40 - Winter 2021


Articles

What’s in a name? Butterfield, Fountayne, Robinson and Boynton – using mourning rings to look at 18th-century naming practices - Rachel Church

The Jewellery of Kastellorizo. A Dispersed Archive of a Past Culture - Nick Bogiatzi

Reviews

Books: Bejeweled: The World of Ethical Jewelry Kyle Roderick Frances Parton

Books: A Marvel To Behold’: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII Timothy Schroder Hazel Forsyth

Museums: Ioannina’s Silversmithing Museum, Epirus, Northern Greece Juliet Claxton

Enthusiasms

Georgian Paste – And The Antiques Roadshow Stephanie Post

Jewellery Studies summaries

The Portrait Jewels of Charles Ricketts. Helen Ritchie


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Jewellery History Today 39 - Autumn 2020


Articles

The 1555 Reconstruction and Embellishment of Venice’s Ceremonial Corno Ducale - Jola Pellumbi

An Enamelled Victorian Commemorative Locket - Sarah Duncan

Opals: Australia’s ‘Rainbow’ Gems - Anne Schofield

Reviews

Books: Women Jewellery Designers Juliet Weir-de la Rochefoucauld Eleni Bide

Books: The Golden Network. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst During the National Socialist Period Michael Bermejo and Andrea H. Schneider-Braunberger Jacques Schuhmacher

Museums: Jewellery at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Adelheid Rasche

Life in Lockdown

What impact is the virus having on the jewellery, art and antiques trades? Mo Cerrone

Jewellery Makers in Lockdown Lynne Bartlett

Obituaries

Fritz Falk Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

Ann Louise Luthi Judy Rudoe


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Jewellery History Today 38 - Spring 2020


Articles

Two Yemeni Female Face Covers: The case of an Israeli lira and a Maria Theresa thaler coin - Jacob van Gulik

A Rare Comb from Tanimbar - Truus Daalder

A Rediscovered Cache of Roman Intaglios at Colchester Museums - Glynn Davis

Living Stones: Gems and Medicine - Kirstin Kennedy


Reviews

Books: The Cartiers Francesca Cartier Brickell Clare Blatherwick


Jewellery Studies summaries

Re-discovering Post-War British Modernist Jewellery. Sarah Rothwell

Augmented Portraits: An Alternative Approach to 17th-Century Mourning Jewellery. Anna Venturini


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Jewellery History Today 37 - Winter 2020


Articles

Rouse Hill House Jewellery Collection - Julie Oliver

Pearls: Threading Tails at Sharon’s Stones - Juliet Claxton

A Boucheron Tiara/Necklace - Mia Jackson


Interview

Robert Hiller: The Patron who Updates the Past - Kirstin Kennedy


Reviews

Books: Jean Schlumberger: The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Kristie Couser Annamarie V. Sandecki

Books: Rings of the 20th and 21st centuries: The Alice and Louis Koch collection Beatriz Chadour-Sampson Rachel Church

Exhibition: Adorn: Jewellery, The Human Story Colchester Castle Museum Juliet Claxton

National Gallery workshop: Painting Jewels Melanie Eddy


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Jewellery History Today 36 - Autumn 2019


Articles

Dom Martin: the Art Deco Jewels of a Benedictine Designer - Ko Goubert

Byzantine Reliquary Crosses - Panagiotis Kambanis

A Boucheron Tiara/Necklace - Mia Jackson

DIVA Antwerp acquires a rare Oscar Massin brooch - Erik Schoonhoven


Reviews

Books: History of the buckle between fashion and jewellery Bianca Cappello Rachel Church

Books: Looking at Jewelry Susanne Gänsicke, Yvonne J. Markowitz Clare Blatherwick

Apps: Understanding Jewellery Sotheby’s Alice Bailey

SJH Conference: Jewels in Portaits: Portraits in Jewels Kirstin Kennedy


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Jewellery History Today 35 - Spring 2019


Articles

An Introduction to Colonial Brazilian Devotional Jewellery - Martha Egan

A Magical Jewel - Alice Bailey

Five-Phoenixes Coronet inlaid with Kingfisher Feathers and Gemstones - Sitong Liu & Jiangli Tao


Reviews

Books: Jewelry for Gentlemen James Sherwood Giulia Mari

Books: Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: an Empire’s Legacy Margaret Kelly Trombly Caroline de Guitaut

SJH Private View: ‘Bejewelled: Badges, Brotherhood & Identity, Freemasons’ Hall Stephanie Post

Obituaries:

Alan Jobbins Nigel Israel

Wendy Ramshaw Clare Phillips


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Jewellery History Today 34 - Winter 2019


Articles

The 10th-Century Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria under Investigation - Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie & Susanne Greiff

19th-Century Kabyle Fibulae - Tanya Bentley

A Boivin Necklace - Sarah Duncan


Reviews

Books: American Baroque. Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700 Molly A. Warsh Natasha Awais-Dean

Exhibition and Book: Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940: Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Helen Ritchie Alice Bailey

Exhibition: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: The Daalder Collection of Contemporary Jewellery at the Art Gallery of South Australia Dorothy Erickson

Conference: ‘The Greatest Adornments’: A Workshop on Engraved Gems at the Dresden State Art Collections, Sep 2018 Werner Daum

Conference: The Fourth Congress on European Jewellery, Oporto, Nov-Dec 2018 Kirstin Kennedy

Saleroom news

Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr. Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye. Woolley & Wallis


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Jewellery History Today 33 - Autumn 2018


Articles

Icelandic Jewellery - Hanne Faurby

Earrings and the Renaissance Man - Julie Oliver

More Than Meets the Eye – Repurposed Hungarian Buttons at the V&A - Rosie Byford


Reviews

Books: Natter’s Museum Britannicum, J. Boardman, J.Kagan, C.Wagner, and Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow Paweł Gołyźniak. Martin Henig

Book: Jewellery Matters. Marjan Unger Sarah Duncan

Obituaries

Muriel Wilson Jane Perry

Marianne (Marjan) Unger-de Boer Suzanne van Leeuwen

Saleroom news

Lost and found at sea. A gold memorial ring. Dix Noonan and Webb


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Jewellery History Today 32 - Spring 2018


Articles

The Cult of Dutch Mourning Through the Eyes of a Middle-Class Family - Sophie van Gulik

The Sculptor Julio González as a Jeweller - Mariàngels Fondevila Guinart

The Fettercairn Jewel - Helen Wyld


Reviews

Books: Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England. Natasha Awais-Dean Elizabeth Currie

Book: Wild Beads of Africa. Jamey D. Allen, and The World in a Bead Augusto Panini Stefany Tomalin

Display: Queen Terunesh’s jewellery at the V&A Alexandra Jones

Obituary

Edward (Ted) Donohoe Nigel Israel

Jewellery Studies summaries

Trivia Talmudica: Towards the Identification of the Goldsmith’s Working Tools. Tziona Grossmark


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Jewellery History Today 31 - Winter 2018


Articles

Snettisham: Shining New Light on an Old Treasure - Jody Joy

A Very Parisian Affair: Oscar Massin’s Jewels in the Dutch Royal Collection - Erik Schoonhoven

The Queen’s Brooch (for Service Rendered) - Barry Holding


Reviews

Books: Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones: Diamond Histories. Marcia Pointon, and Koh-I-Noor. The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond. W. Dalrymple, and A. Anand Eleni Bide

Book: Cravat & Tie Pins, Past and Present. James G. Gosling Nigel Israel

Exhibition: Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India 1875-6, Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Anna Venturini

Sale of Louis Osman Archive.Dix Noonan Webb Laura Smith


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Jewellery History Today 30 - Autumn 2017


Articles

Jewellery in the Wernher Collection at Ranger’s House - Frances Parton

Mosheh Oved and the Cameo Corner Legacy - John C. Benjamin

Two pairs of earrings by HG Murphy - Emily Barber


Reviews

Book: Clasps, 4,000 Years of Fasteners in Jewellery. Anna Tabakhova Hazel Forsyth

Exhibition: Spectacular! Gems and Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection, Hillwood Estate, Washington Claire Morgan

Exhibition: Schmuck. Material Handwerk Kunst, Zürich Kirstin Kennedy

Museum: The Jewellery Box: Danish Jewellery Art of the 20th Century, Aarhus Mette T. Jensen

SJH private view. De Vroomen: Harmony in Colour and Form. Emma Paragreen

Obituary

David Newell-Smith Beatriz Chadour-Sampson


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Jewellery History Today 29 - Spring 2017


Articles

Marcasite Jewellery - Patricia McMullen

Two Sicilian silver girdles (brezi) from the Victoria & Albert Museum - Francesco Gabriele Polizzi

European influences on the traditional hair pins of Sri Lanka - Jane Perry


Reviews

Book: Fabergé in London. The British Branch of the Imperial Russian Goldsmith. Kieran McCarthy Clare Phillips

Book: Ruby, Sapphire & Spinel: an Archaeological, Textual and Cultural Study. Derek J. Content. Nigel Israel

The latest incarnation of the Museo dei Gioielli at Vicenza. Sandra Hindman

SJH Study Day. Frances Parton

SJH private visits: Suzanne van Leeuwen, Deborah Mazza, Mo Cerrone & Frances Noble


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Jewellery History Today 28 - Winter 2017


Articles

Bohemian Garnet Jewellery: 1,500 Years of Czech Treasures - Dana Stehlíková

Mughal & Ottoman Jewelled Objects: A Comparison - Claire Morgan

Beauty is Memory: a pair of recently discovered earrings by Henry Wilson - Thomas Holman


Reviews

Book: Barbara Cartlidge & Electrum Gallery: A Passion for Jewellery. Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Janice Hosegood. Amanda Game

Book: Bringing Heaven to Earth: Chinese Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty. Elizabeth Herridge. Michael Backman

3rd European Congress on Jewellery: La joia en l’art i l’art en la joia (The Jewel in Art and Art in the Jewel).

SJH Private View: Rings around the world .


Obituaries

Lesley Craze. Janet Fitch


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Jewellery History Today 27 - Autumn 2016


Articles

The Treasure Room at Blair Castle - John C. Benjamin

The Jewel in the Fish’s Head - Christopher J. Duffin

Searching for silver in the darkness: a bracelet from Sindh - Priya Khanchandani


Reviews

Book: The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic Lands. Michael Spink, Jack Ogden. Tim Stanley

Book: Jewelry by Suzanne Belperron. Patricia Corbett, Nico Landrigan, Ward Landriga.Sophie Stevens

SJH study day: From Downton to Dali: 20th century Jewellery.

Jewellery Studies summaries

A Rediscovered Poniatowski Gem in the National Museum in Cracow. Paweł Gołyźniak

The Surviving Rings of the Serjeants at Law. Mark Emanuel


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Jewellery History Today 26 - Spring 2016


Articles

Counterfeiting Jewels in the 17th Century: Enhancement, Imitation, and Deceit - Anna Lisa Jensen

Björn Weckström: a brave visionary of Finnish jewellery design - Tuula Poutasuo

Jewellery in the Wallace Collection - Carmen Holdsworth-Delgado


Reviews

Book: Surviving Desires: Making and Selling Native Jewellery in the American Southwest. Henrietta Lidchi. Josie Goodbody

Book: Take This Ring: Medieval and Renaissance Rings from the Griffin Collection. Sandra Hindman.Rachel Church

We would like to clarify that Sandra Hindman is the main author of ‘Take this Ring’, reviewed in Issue 26, Spring 2016 and apologise for the confusion

Museum: The Jewellery Museum at Vicenza.


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Jewellery History Today 25 - Winter 2016


Articles

All that Glitters is not Gold Leaf: Painted jewels in portraits of King James V - Hannah Woodward

Edmund Waterton and the V&A jewellery collection - Rachel Church

The ‘Royal Emblem’: a little pin with significant meaning - Trine Imer Kappel

How a Falize customer was identified - Katherine Purcell


Reviews

Book: The Traditional Jewelry of Egypt. Azza Fahmy. Jane Perry

Exhibition: Celts: art and identity, British Museum. Melanie Giles

Museum: GIA campus at Carlsbad. Sharon Berman

SJH Event: The Art Jeweller, from Castellani to Knox, Fine Art Society.

SJH Event: Bejewelled Treasures: the Al Thani Collection, V&A.


Obituaries

Waltraud Ganguly. Nick Barnard


Jewellery Studies summary

Nineteenth-Century Australian Goldfields Jewellery. Dr Dorothy Erickson

James W. R. Linton, an Aesthetic Approach: The jewels of one of Australia’s early artist craftsmen. Dr Dorothy Erickson

A Brief History of Dunedin Jewellers in New Zealand, beginning with the Gold Rush. Alex Trapeznik


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Jewellery History Today 24 - Autumn 2015


Articles

Dutch Traditional Regional Jewellery: a short overview - Romartina Dekker

‘Upon a black silk twist’: a Jacobean court fashion - Juliet Claxton

The Lyte Jewel - Dora Thornton


Reviews

Book: Wartski The First One Hundred and Fifty Years. Geoffrey C. Munn. Richard Edgcumbe

Book: A Rothschild Renaissance: Treasures from the Waddesdon Bequest. Dora Thornton. Natasha Awais-Dean

Museum: The Alice and Louis Koch Collection of finger rings in the Swiss National Museum. Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

SJH study day: ‘What tricks, what device’: counterfeits, ‘magical’ gems and imitation jewellery from Roman times to the present day’. Anne-Marie Carey


Obituaries

Ingeborg Bratman. Lynne Bartlett

Saleroom news

A jewel from the House of Savoy. Veritas, Lisbon

A 15th-century Marriage Ring. Sotheby’s


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Jewellery History Today 23 - Spring 2015


Articles

Forget Me Not: the language of mourning jewellery, 1650-1850 - Rachel Warner

Jewels of the Flesh: the corporeal relationship between jewellery, hair and the body in the early modern period - Sarah Ann Robin

The Brooches That Could Not Be Bought - Susan Petty


Reviews

Book: Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection. Navina Najat Haidar. Sophie Stevens

Book: Maker and Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry. Elyse Zorn Karlin. Catherine Cutler

Place: Amsterdam. Marjan Unger


Obituaries

Alexandra Rhodes. David Bennett, Lisa Hubbard and Chin Yeow Quek

Hilary Anne Hawkins (Jill Clarke). John Benjamin


Jewellery Studies summary

The Cullinan Diamond and its true story. Boris Gorelik


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Jewellery History Today 22 - Winter 2015


Articles

Byzantine Phylacteries - Panagiotis Kambanis

The Danny Jewel - Christopher J. Duffin

The Lost Diamond of Süleyman the Magnificent - Anna Malecka


Reviews

Book: Jules Wièse und sein Atelier. Silke Hellmuth. Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

Book: Bertrand’s Toyshop in Bath. Vanessa Brett. Nigel Israel

Book: The Hull Grundy jewellery at Harrogate. Helen Ritchie. Charlotte Gere

Exhibition: A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences at the Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia. Dorothy Erickson


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Jewellery History Today 21 - Autumn 2014


Articles

The 1903 Costume Ball in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg - Pamela Smith

In homage to St Wenefride: a newly discovered Arts and Crafts necklace - Muriel Wilson

Jewels from a Spanish Galleon - Deborah Elvira


Reviews

Book: Charles Edenshaw. D. Augaitis, R. Wright. Allison Barclay-Michaels

Book: The Jewels of Trabert & Hoeffer Mauboussin: A History of American Style and Innovation. Yvonne J. Markowitz. Marielle Whiting

Exhibition: Emaux de Bresse. Joyaux du quotidien (Bressan enamels – everyday jewels) Jane Perry


Museum

Artists’ Jewellery in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Marjan Unger


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Jewellery History Today 20 - Spring 2014


Articles

Cartier’s bridal tiara (1913) in the Jewellery Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum - Claire Brisby

Mrs Charlotte Newman: pioneer woman jeweller and the first female goldsmith to open her own shop in London - Anne Schofield

An Armada Earring - Natasha Awais-Dean


Reviews

Exhibition and Book: Cartier: Le style et l’histoire. A. Bosc, T. Coudert, L. Dalon, V. Petit. Sabrina O’Cock

Book: 25,000 Years of Jewelry. Maren Eichhorn-Johannsen. Naqiyah Z. Sultan


Reminiscence

Reflections on working with Anne Hull Grundy, ‘AHG’. Ruth Facey


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Jewellery History Today 19 - Winter 2014


Articles

Golden Boys and Girls in Ancient Greece and Italy - Alexis Q. Castor

Mourning and Memory: Queen Victoria’s jewellery in the ‘Albert Room’ - Helen Ritchie


Reviews

Exhibition and Book: ‘Pearls’ at the V&A. Jessica Wyndham

Exhibition and Book: London’s Lost Jewels: The Cheapside Hoard. Natasha Awais-Dean


Saleroom news

‘A Life’s Devotion’. Christie’s


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Jewellery History Today 18 - Autumn 2013


Articles

The Forgotten History of South Devon Marble Jewellery - Clare M. Jones

Notes on South African silver- and goldsmithing - Fred van Staden

A Gem in the Archives - Natasha Awais-Dean


Reviews

Exhibition: Vanity, Profanity & Worship: Jewellery from the Maltese Islands. Marjan Unger

Find: The Wiener Neustadt Hoard. John Cherry

Book: Traditional Jewellery in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Jane Perry. Judy Rudoe

Book: The Impossible Collection of Jewelry: The 100 Most Important Jewels of the Twentieth Century. Vivienne Becker. Claudine Seroussi-Bretagne


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Jewellery History Today 17 - Spring 2013


Articles

The highs and lows of an 18th century London jewellery business - Lynne Bartlett

Satisfying increasing demand for precious materials within the late-medieval northern European goldsmithing trade - David Humphrey


Reviews

Exhibition: Crowning Glory, Fairfax House, York. Sarah Nichols

Book: Imperial Ottoman Jewellery. Reading history through jewellery. Gül İrepoğlu. Jane Perry

Book: Jewels from Imperial St Petersburg. Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm. Darin Bloomquist


Obituaries

Gertrud Seidmann. John Boardman

Peter John Hinks. Alexandra Rhodes


Saleroom news

A rare piece by Lalique’s workshop manager. Woolley & Wallis


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Jewellery History Today 16 - Winter 2013


Articles

Bezoar stones and their mounts - Christopher J. Duffin

Aspects of Victorian Jewellery: A Glimpse into the Registered Designs of 1875 to 1884 - Laura Knowles-Cutler


Reviews

Book: Sea of Pearls. Robert A. Carter. Nigel Israel

Book: Diamond Street. The Hidden World of Hatton Garden. Rachel Lichtenstein. David Lancaster

Book: Jewellery in 18th-Century Poland. Ewa Letkiewicz


SJH Event: May in Malta. Details of a visit to Malta in May 2013.


Obituary

Dr. Yvonne Hackenbroch. Anthony Phillips


Saleroom news

The Archduke Joseph diamond. Christie’s Geneva


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Jewellery History Today 15 - Autumn 2012


Articles

The Reunion of the Totnes rings - Rachel Church

Medieval Jewellers and their ‘Families’, a View from the Dijon Archives - Céline David


Reviews

Books: The Crown Jewels. Anna Keay, Crown Jewellery and Regalia of the World. René Brus, The Queen’s Diamonds. Hugh Roberts. Nigel Israel

Books: Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago. Anne Richter and Bruce Carpenter, Ethnic Jewellery from Indonesia: Continuity and Evolution. Bruce Carpenter. Jane Perry

Exhibition: Gold: Power and Allure, Goldsmiths’ Hall.Alexandra Barbour

Exhibition: The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe, The Wallace Collection.

SJH Event: Diamond Day Symposium, Goldsmiths’ Hall.


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Jewellery History Today 14 - Spring 2012


Articles

Natternzungen-Kredenz: tableware for the Renaissance nobility - Christopher J. Duffin

A Rare Automated Sarpech (Turban Ornament) attributed to Garrard, circa 1910 - Katharine Collins

Anglo-Saxon garnet jewellery: a new find from Oxfordshire - Esther Cameron


Reviews

Book: The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection, Ed. Graham C. Boettcher. Sophia Tobin

Book: Serpentina: Snake Jewellery from around the World, Fritz Falk. Melanie Eddy

Exhibition: Rooms of Dreams: Wendy Ramshaw, Somerset House.


Saleroom news

The Beau Sancy, Sotheby’s Geneva

Annie Horniman’s Pendant, Dreweatts Donnington Priory

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Jewellery History Today 13 - Winter 2012


Articles

The Staffordshire Hoard: a Find of Anglo-Saxon Treasure - Kevin Leahy

A Curious Case for Conservation - Eleanor Baumber


Reviews

Book: The Boucheron Archives, Vincent Meylan. Nigel Israel

Book: Jewellery in Malta, Treasures from the Island of the Knights (1530-1798), Francesca Balzan.Catia Viegas Wesolowska

Exhibition: Serpentina ‘Die Schlange im Schmuck der Welt’ (Snake Jewellery from around the World) Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

Exhibition: Splendour and Power: Imperial Treasures from Vienna David Reed and Nancie Crick

Museum: James Cromar Watt at Aberdeen, Christine Rew


Saleroom news

A personal commission by Henry Wilson at Tayler and Fletcher, Cheltenham

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Jewellery History Today 12- Autumn 2011


Articles

Mary Tudor: Pearls for a Princess, Pearls for a Queen - Maria Hayward

Ellen Terry’s Jewellery at Smallhythe Place: The Hidden Gem in the National Trust Crown - John Benjamin


Reviews

Exhibition: Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, the Goldsmith and Japan. Clare Phillips

Book: Van de Goudsmid. De historie en de ontwikkeling van Zeeuwse en andere streeksieraden (Dutch Peasant Jewellery), P. J. Minderhoud. Vivianne Veenemans

Book: Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia: A History, Dorothy Erickson. David Lancaster


Saleroom news

Madame Moitessier’s Bracelet at Sotheby's, Geneva

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Jewellery History Today 11 - Spring 2011


Articles

A Glimpse into a 15th Century Goldsmith’s Shop - Christopher J. Duffin

Watch-cock Jewellery - Jane Perry

Jewellery in The Cult of Beauty - Clare Phillips


Reviews

Exhibition: Jacqueline Mina: Dialogues in Gold, Goldsmiths’ Hall. Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

Book: British Commemorative Medals and Their Values, Christopher Eimer. Nigel Israel

Book: Pearls, Hubert Bari & David Lam. Christopher Cavey


Saleroom news

A Falize Necklace at Christie's

Arts and Crafts Jewellery at Bonhams Knowle

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Jewellery History Today 10 - Winter 2011


Articles

Dragon-stones: fact or fiction? - Dr Niamh Whitfield

Jewellery in Indian Miniatures - Michael Wheeler


Reviews

Book: Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gemstones and Jewellery, Marcia Pointon. - Eleni Bide

Book: The Jewels of the Romanovs, Stefano Papi.- Thomas Holman

Book: Paul Flato: Jeweler to the Stars, Elizabeth Irvine Bray. - Sophie Jackson


Obituary

Graham Hughes

Saleroom news

High Society Jewels at Christie’s

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Jewellery History Today 9 - Autumn 2010


Articles

What an unusual brooch! Aspects of agates used in Victorian jewellery - David Lancaster

The Chevron bead and its simulants - Stefany Tomalin


Reviews

Book: Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Mirror to the World, Charlotte Gere and Judy Rudoe. - Nigel Israel

Book: How the Watch was Worn, Genevieve Cummins - David Thompson

Book: Medieval Jewellery in Europe 1100 - 1500, Marian Campbell - John Cherry


Saleroom news

Royal Jewels at auction

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Jewellery History Today 8 - Spring 2010


Articles

The Toadstone – a rather unlikely jewel - Christopher J. Duffin

The Mystery Collector and the Lost Gems - John Boardman


Reviews

Book: Jewellery from the Orient: Treasures from the Bir Collection, Wolf-Dieter Seiwert. - Jane Perry

Book: Worldwide History of Beads: Ancient, Ethnic, Contemporary, Lois Sherr Dubin - Stefany Tomalin

Book: Private Passion. Artists’ Jewelry of the 20th Century, Ed. Yvonne G.J.M. Joris. - Martine Newby and Didier Haspeslagh

Book: David Watkins, Wendy Ramshaw: A Life’s Partnership, Graham Hughes - Nigel Israel.


Saleroom news

Imperial Jewels

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Jewellery History Today 7 - Winter 2010


Articles

The love for classical gems - antique intaglios and cameos in Sicilian mounts - Claudia Wagner

Pearls and Plunder: the West Country contact of a jeweller to Queen Elizabeth - Molly A. Warsh


Reviews

Exhibition: Maharaja: the splendour of India's royal courts - Waltraud Ganguly

Book: Scottish jewellery, a Victorian passion, Diana Scarisbrick - Jane Perry

Book: Gold, Susan La Niece, and Silver, Philippa Merriman - Melanie Eddy


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Painting history: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey - Melanie Eddy


Saleroom news

A royal chaplain's legacy

An Arts and Crafts jeweller discovered at Bonhams

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Jewellery History Today 6 - October 2009


Articles

Bill Reid, a personal reminiscence - Peter Page

Secular and Sacred: redisplaying medieval jewellery at the British Museum - James Robinson


Reviews

Museum: Jewellery in Maltese Museums - Marika Azzopardi

Book: Ancient Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Kirsten Aschengreen and John Boardman - Charlotte Gere

Book: Bagues Mérovingiennes: Gaule du Nord, Reine Hadjadj - Barry Ager


Saleroom news

A Pforzheim cicada

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Jewellery History Today 5 - May 2009


Articles

Thereby hangs a tale - Suffragette pendants - V. Irene Cockcroft

Cameos of the paper variety: A new archive comes to the library of the Goldsmiths' Company - Melanie Eddy


Reviews

Exhibition & Book: Treasures of the Black Death, Christine Descatoire - Melanie Eddy

Book: Scottish Pebble Jewellery, Nick Crawford - Jane Perry

Exhibition: Elsa Peretti: Jewellery and objects for Tiffany and Co.


Saleroom news

A Napoleonic souvenir

Noble Jewels

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Jewellery History Today 4 - January 2009


Articles

Powerful jewellery: 16th and 17th century European gunpowder flasks - Leslie Fitzpatrick

A problem solved: identification of some silver marks used on 19th century Greek jewellery from Corfu - Jane Perry


Reviews

Book: Imperishable beauty: Art Nouveau jewelry, Yvonne J Markowitz and Elyse Zorn Karlin - Deirdre O'Day

Book: Art Déco jewellery and accessories: a new style for a new world, Ed. Cornelie Holzach - Sophia Dicks

Book: David Watkins: Artist in jewellery, Beatriz Chadour-Sampson - Margot Coatts

Book launch at Asprey: Famous Diamonds


Saleroom news

A citrine cameo of Philip II of Spain

An Amy Sandheim pendant

The Wittelsbach diamond

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Jewellery History Today 3 - September 2008


Articles

Scientific studies of enamelled gold jewellery: helping to distinguish between old and new - Mark T. Wypyski

A magnificent 18th century devotional jewel from Portugal - Rui Galopim


Reviews

Exhibition: All that glitters: shopping and advertising in 18th century Paris - David Lancaster

Book: Verdura: the life and work of a master jeweler, Patricia Corbett - Ann Tozer

Exhibition: Painted enamels: an illustrated survey 1500-1920, Erika Speel - Catia Viegas Wesolowska

Book: Kevin Coates: a hidden alchemy, E Goring, H Clifford, N Romano and F Carli - Eleni Bide

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Jewellery History Today 2 - May 2008


Articles

Jewellery in Casanova's memoirs - Isadora Rose de Viejo

Rene Lalique: Charity badges 1915 - David Lancaster

New jewellery gallery at the V&A - Jane Perry


Reviews

Book: Georgian jewellery, 1714-1830, Ginny Reddington Dawes and Olivia Collings - Nigel Israel

Catalogue and Exhibition: Cartier 1899-1949, the journey of a style - Eleni Bide

Book: Late antique and early Christian gems, Jeffrey Spier - Hadrien Rambach

Exhibition: Treasures of the English Church: sacred gold and silver 800-2000

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Jewellery History Today 1 - January 2008


Articles

Rediscovering the Cheapside hoard - Hazel Forsyth

A wedding present for a musician - Anne Shannon


Reviews

Book: Rene Lalique: bijoux d'exception 1890-1012, Ed. Yvonne Brunhammer - Katherine Purcell

Catalogue & Exhibition: Tresors de la peste noir: Erfurt et Colmar - John Cherry

Exhibition: Helen Holmes: Arts and Crafts artisan - Muriel Wilson

Exhibition: Perles, une histoire naturelle - Chrissie Coleman Douglas