Jewellery and men in Tudor and Jacobean England
Project team
- Natasha Awais-Dean
- Dora Thornton, curator, Renaissance collections and the Waddesdon Bequest
Department of Prehistory and Europe
Partners
- Professor Evelyn Welch, Queen Mary,
University of London
Supported by
An Arts and Humanities Research Council
Collaborative Doctoral Award
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Study Day – Expressions: Jewellery in the Early Modern Period
On 20 January 2012 museum professionals, academics, and contemporary practitioners participated in a half-day conference on early modern jewellery at the British Museum. The aim was to discuss and debate current scholarship in the field.
Papers reflected the range of work being undertaken on this subject:
'Those wonderful Spitzer boys': "Renaissance" Jewellery production in Paris and Aachen 1850-1900
Charles Truman, independent consultant and dealer
The trade in precious materials to Northern Europe in the Age of Reconnaissance
David Humphrey, Royal College of Art
The jewellery trade in London 1570-1620: transfer of skill from Antwerp and Paris
David Mitchell, Centre for Metropolitan History, University of London
The Cheapside Hoard
Hazel Forsyth, Museum of London
Diamonds, debt and diplomacy: the career of Isaac Le Gouch, jeweller to Charles II
Maria Hayward, University of Southampton
Taking inspiration from Renaissance jewellery: a display at the British Museum
Joseph Langshaw, Bishopsland
The study day was kindly sponsored by the Design History Society and the Society for Renaissance Studies.
Gold ring set with a point-cut diamond and enamelled on the shoulders. Italy, 15th century