Lecture Programme 1995-9
1995
23 January
AGM, followed by Geoffrey Munn
New Aspects of Fabergé
27 February Elizabeth Goring
Suffragette Jewellery
3 April Yvonne Hackenbroch
Early Renaissance Hat Badges
15 May Susan Stronge
Imperial Mughal Spinels
19 June Graham Dry
Twentieth Century Pforzheim Jewellery
25 September Jack Ogden
The Golden Crescent: The origins and chronology of early Islamic Jewellery
6 November Hugh Tait
Problematic Renaissance Jewellery before and after Vasters
11 December Jane Short
Enamelling Techniques and Modern Design
1996
22 January
AGM, followed by A. Kenneth Snowman
North Wales to W1 via Russia - the story of Wartski
11 March Anthony North
Cut Steel, Jewellery and other uses
15 April David Callaghan
Hancocks the Jewellers
20 May Michael van Essen
Georg Jensen Jewellery
24 June Charlotte de Syllas
Aspects of my work
30 September Charlotte Gere
A gift from Gabriele d'Annunzio and some other engravings on precious stones
4 November Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm
The recently discovered Design Books of Henrik Wigstrom, Chief Workmaster to Fabergé
9 December Oppi Untracht
Indian Jewellery
1997
20 January
AGM, followed by Marcia Pointon
Testifying Jewels, Some Women of Substance and their bequests in 18th century England
10 March Robert Leake
Sources of Gold in the British Isles from Pre-History to the 19th Century
21 April Ann Marie Shillito
Contemporary Jewellery in Refractory Metals - inspiration for the designs and the technical aspects of making
19 May Niamh Whitfield
The "Tara Brooch", a masterpiece of early medieval Celtic metalwork
23 June Robert Liu
Oriental Ancient Beads
22 September Charles Burnett
The Honours of Scotland
3 November Fred Rich
Enamelling Techniques and my own work examined
8 December Hugh Tait
A misunderstood aspect of the art of the Renaissance Jeweller
1998
26 January
AGM, followed by Amanda Triossi
Bulgari: Tradition and Innovation
9 March Diana Scarisbrick
Chaumet: Two hundred years of fine jewellery
20 April Nigel Israel
The History of Gemmology
1 June Martin Chapman
The Crown of Louis XV
22 June Gertrud Platz
Etruscan Goldwork and its Imitations in the 19th century
28 September Michael Spink
Islamic Jewellery
2 November Katherine Purcell
Falize: A Restless Imagination
7 December Jeffrey Spier
Late Antique Magic Amulets
1999
25 January
AGM, followed by Jessica Rawson
Extraordinary Luxuries in Gold and Jade. The impact of Western Asia and the Steppe Area on the Imperial Court of the Han period (206 BC - AD 200)
8 March Hugh Tait
Jewellery of the Court of Henry VIII: New Research on the Royal Inventory of 1547
12 April John Boardman
Edward Warren and the Lewes House Gems
24 May Felicity Ashbee
The Life and Work of C.R.Ashbee. Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist, 1863 - 1942
21 June Irene Cockcroft
The Art of Ernestine Mills (1871 - 1959), Suffragist and Arts and Crafts enameller
4 October Gertrud Seidman
A gift from Gabriele d'Annunzio and some other engravings on precious stones
8 November Geoffrey Munn
The Tiara - elegance abandoned. A light-hearted look at an evolution of style
6 December Graham Hughes
The International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery, Goldsmiths' Hall, 1961
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