Precious metal, precious stones and jewellery: artworks and design

This facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie’s extensive catalog of buttons and scarabs describes and illustrates over 1500 examples, along with an appendix on additions to the ‘Scarabs and Cylinders’ volume published earlier.

Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations.

First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.

This concise guide contains information on the making and selling of button jewellery.

Seit ihren Anfängen tendiert die archäologische Frühgeschichtsforschung dazu, Sachgüter mit bestimmten, schriftlich überlieferten Ethnien gleichzusetzen.

A beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to twisting, weaving and wrapping wire jewellery.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1921 corpus of prehistoric pottery and slate palettes from pre-dynastic, prehistoric Egypt.

This beginner-friendly handbook contains all the information necessary to begin making your own jewellery.

Shine allures and awakens desire.

The definitive guide to stonesetting by renowned designer and teacher, Melissa Hunt.

This facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie’s extensive catalog of buttons and scarabs describes and illustrates over 1500 examples, along with an appendix on additions to the ‘Scarabs and Cylinders’ volume published earlier.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1917 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian metal, wooden and composite tools and weapons, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.

Richard Hattatt's collection of brooches ranges from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages, though most were Roman and Romano-British.

Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century.

During Rolph Scarlett's remarkable seventy-five year career he was an avant-garde abstract painter, an innovative set designer, an industrial designer, and the creator of unique sculptural jewellery in the American modernist tradition.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1921 corpus of prehistoric pottery and slate palettes from pre-dynastic, prehistoric Egypt.

For more than a century, Rolex has stood apart as the most legendary brand of watch in the world.

Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.

Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical.

First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.

Why did the Vikings sail to England?

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1921 description and catalog of pre-dynastic, prehistoric artifacts from Egypt.

Facsimile of volume of detailed catalog prepared by Flinders Petrie on artifacts largely collected from his Egyptian explorations of a series of glass stamps of Egyptian manufacture that were used from the Roman to Abbasid period variously as tokens, counters, weights, or attached to glass cups as indications of measure.

"e;I ripped through I Fear For This Boy like a train, snorting with laughter and delight as I rattled along, pulled by the power of Fennell's unique story-telling genius .

Discover a dazzling deep-dive into the history of the world through a totally new lens, as told by the V&A s Senior Jewellery Curator.

Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'.

Flinders Petrie undertook excavation and survey of ancient Egyptian towns in the Faiyum oasis, south-west of Cairo, in 1888–90.

In The Art of the Japanese Sword, master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a detailed look at the entire process of Japanese sword making, including the finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1917 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian metal, wooden and composite tools and weapons, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.

Jewelry Lab uses brevity to ignite a passion for working the metals processes and learning about all the ways metal can be used.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s fully illustrated 1927 description and catalog of personal and everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Uhren, des Schmucks und der Antiquitäten – wo Handwerkskunst, Geschichte und Wertbeständigkeit aufeinandertreffen.

Diseño de cursos por Grandes ideas con pedagogía activa e integración de tecnologías digitales parte de identificar qué conceptos deseamos que perduren en los estudiantes a lo largo del tiempo.

Facsimile edition of the 1972 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1914 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian Shuabtis, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.

The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation, mainly, of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.

Shortlisted for the History Book Award in Scotland's National Book Awards, 2023Shortlisted for the Society of Authors Translation Prize 2019During the long 19th century, Scotland was home to an established body of skilled jewellers who were able to access a range of materials from the country's varied natural landscape: precious gold and silver; sparkling crystals and colourful stones; freshwater pearls, shells and parts of rare animals.

16 gorgeous beaded jewelry projects for intermediate-to-advanced beaders, featuring one-of-a-kind, nature-inspired designs.

An updated edition of the best-selling handbook, this all-encompassing guide for jewellery entrepreneurs of all levels covers key lessons for setting up, running and growing a jewellery business.

Con los nuevos materiales para joyería junto con la reutilización de objetos de uso cotidiano es posible crear piezas de joyería y de ornamentación corporal de elevado valor artístico.

Prepare to be dazzled by this shining and sumptuous visual guide to the world's greatest treasures.

An updated edition of the best-selling handbook, this all-encompassing guide for jewellery entrepreneurs of all levels covers key lessons for setting up, running and growing a jewellery business.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Esta obra es un compendio de las distintas formas básicas y novedosas de trabajar no sólo los metales nobles sino también cualquier otro material susceptible de ser manipulado en un taller de orfebrería.

Why has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design?