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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