Jewellery

A comprehensive survey traces European personal ornament from ancient to modern times, with an initial chapter on Egyptian jewellery followed by treatments of Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Celtic, Anglo‑Saxon, medieval and Renaissance practice. It combines chronological narrative with typological studies of head‑ornaments, necklaces, pendants, brooches, rings, girdles, and later peasant and modern revivals, and examines gems, working methods, iconography, and issues of forgery and memento mori. The account draws on engraved designs, workshop drawings, inventories and paintings, and concludes with a bibliography and illustrated plates to aid connoisseurs.