Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The Middle East 5000-2000BC; 2. The Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean and North of the Alps 2000-1400 BC; 3. Egypt 1500-900 BC; 4. Europe and Western Asia 1400-600 BC; 5. Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Persian Lands 850-325 BC; 6. China, Celtic Europe, Mexico and Peru 600 BC-AD 600; 7. The Mediterranean, Parthia, India, Egypt, Roman Britain and Byzantium 325 BC- AD 600; 8. Europe, China, Korea and Japan AD 300-1000; 9. Mayan Central America AD 600-1000; 10. Central and South America AD 500-1500; 11. Europe, Islam, China, Korea and Java AD 1000-1500; 12. Europe AD 1500-1700; 13. China, India, Tibet and Mongolia AD 1500-1850; 14. West Africa AD 1500-1800; 15. Europe AD 1700-1950; 16. Amulets; 17. Cameos in Jewellery; 18. Functional Finger-rings; Select glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index.

About the Author

Hugh Tait, formerly a Deputy Keeper at the British Museum, was an internationally recognized scholar in the field of European decorative arts and a former president of the Society of Jewellery Historians. His many publications include (as editor) The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum and Five Thousand Years of Glass.