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Lecture Programme 2005-8


2005


25 January Niamh Whitfield

The Brooch as an Insignia of Rank in Early Medieval Ireland

22 February
AGM,
followed by Ulysses Grant Dietz

The Jewellery Industry of Newark, New Jersey

26 April Ian Freestone

The Science of some Glass Gems and Enamels from Late Antiquity to the 18th century

24 May Erika Kiss

16th - 17th century Hungarian Jewellery

28 June Otto Künzli

His Life and Work

27 September Monica Jackson

Gold Hellenistic Jewellery: the Significance of the New

25 October Lynne Bartlett

Titanium: the Rainbow Metal

22 November Margaret Sax

The Development of Gemstones/Cylinder Seals in Mesopotamia


2006


24 January Cynthia Cousens

My life and Work - a sense of place

28 February
AGM,
followed by Judy Rudoe

Cartier 1900 to 1939

25 April Mary Cahill

Gold Boxes, Bobbins and Notions: Late Bronze Age Gold from Ireland

23 May James Robinson

Medieval Spring: Romance, Love Tokens and Gift-giving

27 June Clare Phillips

From Fancy Goods to a Palace of Jewels: The Early Decades of Tiffany & Co

26 September Waltraud Ganguly

Highlights of Indian Ear Ornaments, their Historical and Mythological Background

24 October David Mitchell

17th Century Jewellers' Practice as Revealed through Bankers' Records

28 November Marc Bascou

Conservateur Général, Département des Objets d'Art, Musée du Louvre


2007


23 January Verity Wilson

Recent tomb excavations in China, mostly from the Ming period

27 February
AGM,
followed by John Cherry

Rings of Power

24 April Charlotte Gere

Jewels for Helen of Troy, Victorian Femme Fatale

22 May Beatriz Chadour-Sampson

Friedrich Becker (1922-1997): From Aeronautical Engineer to Jeweller. Highlights from a private collection

26 June Judy Rudoe

Queen Charlotte's Jewellery

25 September Simon Fraser

Men and Jewellery

23 October Jane Perry

Peasant Silver Buttons

27 November Tony Dove

Aspects of Hall-marking on 18th century gold wedding rings


2008


22 January Hazel Forsyth

The Cheapside Hoard Project

26 February
AGM,
followed by David Callaghan

UPON REFLECTION: a talk demonstrating the phenomenon of reflection in gemstones

22 April Dorothy Hogg

My Life and Work

27 May Jane Perry

"A collection of characteristic ornaments never before equalled"; the local & traditional jewellery collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum

24 June Erika Speel

Enamel Miniatures for Jewellery Insets, of the 17th and 18th centuries

23 September Stephen Patterson

The Stuart Insignia: Its travels and travails

28 October Joanna Whalley

Conservation and the new V&A Jewellery Gallery

25 November David Poston

My Life and Work


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