Jewellery history courses
The following links are to organisations that run courses on the history of jewellery fairly regularly. They are all based in London, UK. If you know of any other organisations whch should be listed, please let us know here. The Society of Jewellery Historians does not endorse any of the courses listed below, of course, but welcomes any comments from members.
London
The Society of Jewellery Historians
SJH runs frequent courses on all aspects of jewellery history, as well as a regular series of lectures. For details of the current lecture programme, click
here.
For details of past events, click
here.
Christie's Education
Regular short courses on many aspects of antiques and fine arts, including jewellery. For details, click
here.
The Goldsmiths' Company
Regular series of short courses on all aspects of precious metals, including jewellery, hall-marking and the identification of fakes and forgeries. For details, click here.
Sotheby's
Regular short courses on many aspects of antiques and fine arts, including jewellery. For details, click here.
Victoria and Albert Museum
The V&A runs frequent courses related to the history of jewellery.
Their 2022-3 programme includes:
Jewels of Love, Romance and Eternity. Friday 13 January 2023 – Friday 17 February 2023.
For details of other V&A courses, click here.
On-line courses
The Society of Jewellery Historians
A number of online courses and lectures on the history of jewellery are available on the SJH Facebook site here, along with much else of interest to jewellery historians.
Les Enluminures
Les Enluminures, founded in Paris in 1991 by Dr. Sandra Hindman, is a centre for research and retail of exceptional rings and early manuscripts. Podcast - Episode 10: Diana Scarisbrick: 50 years of Jewelry Expertise, is a fascinating conversation with jewellery historian Diana Scarisbrick in which she discusses the origins of her interest in jewellery.