Gems and Jewels since Antiquity: Insights from the Victoria & Albert Collection

Speaker: Helen Molesworth (Victoria & Albert Museum, UK) Helen's career has spanned the global gem and jewellery industry, from roles with leading auction and jewellery houses to academic posts. For ten years she was a jewellery specialist for Sotheby's and Christie's in London and Geneva, where she handled sales of global importance including the private jewellery collection of HRH The Princess Margaret in 2006. As a gemmologist and jewellery historian, she has since held roles as Professeur d'Histoire du Bijou at the Geneva University of Art and Design, Managing Director at the House of Gübelin, and most recently as the Senior Jewellery Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2024, he book “Precious” will be published by Penguin.