After 10 years and 4.2 million visitors, The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has reopened its William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, home to its jewellery collection, after a three-month...
What makes Kashmir sapphires so special? What about the padparadscha? What role do treatments play in value? Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum – a fairly abundant...
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) famously shared a love of fine jewels and coloured gemstones with her beloved husband, Prince Albert. In fact, one of her most prized possessions – a sapphire...