Spotlight on V&A Jewellery Collections 

I wish they could do several mini videos giving the story of each piece...I’d watch every one...

What I enjoy about these museum videos is there is no queuing, no jostling, I can hear the curator perfectly and I can get a cuppa and a sit down any time I like without missing any info. And it’s inexpensive with no travelling. And I see more items as I don’t get too tired and need a rest. Plus I am seeing things I’d never actually get to see without a lengthy costly journey. Overjoyed, thank you 🙂👍🏻🌟

my mom passed in 2011 and she left me a BEAUTIFUL collection of fine jewelry... I would have love to have taken her here - she was a stay at home house wife (*who raised three kids) and my father spoiled her materially (*because he was not always emotionally available because he had combat related PTSD...) She would have loved to see such historical beauty!

The V&A is my very favourite place to go to whenever I can but I always think it is a shame that such beautiful jewellry shall never be worn again.

I spent about two hours in this room when I was at the museum. I absolutely loved it, and one of my favourite pieces was the large diamond broche with movement that you get a glimpse of at 2.57.

Haha guess I'm rare in that I liked the music just fine. Wasn't distracting or too loud at all in my opinion and made for a very relaxing effect. I do understand why some would feel otherwise though. Very much enjoyed the video!

I am 80 yrs. Born in Richmond Surrey. UK. From 7 yrs, until 15yrs. My father would take me each Sunday. Autumn till April. During which we visited London's Wonderful Museums. Opening the world of Science. Natural History' V.A.' my favourite when very young . British Museum where one discovered all Civilisations . It included the B. Library in those days . Because of being Bombed many parts of the City were gone . So map reading was another discovery. I learnt more in those years, than I ever did in school. Which i felt rather boring. We studied a great deal . No TV. No Telephone. Only music for which i had no ear. I regret my grandchildren have no interest in cultural knowledge. Apart what I share with them. PC. I PHONEs, their world!.

Every exhibit in the V&A is full of such beautiful pieces. I wish I lived close enough to visit regularly.

I like the Cartier Tutifruti necklace that turn into two bracelets and I like the Townsend spiral rings collection.

Wow! I could spend a week in that room!

Wow! The history of some of these pieces is incredible. It would be so fascinating to see this in person. Imagine working there and actually getting to handle these !

The beauty and diversity of the design of each piece you look at in the gallery is incredible You could easily spend a day just looking at the jewelry Whenever I visit the V&A I always make sure i go and see the jewelry even if it's just for 10 minutes at the end of the visit I always have to drag myself away!

Incredible display, what a gem to have available & free admission no less!

Oh My!! I work in the jewelry industry, mainly with the gemstones, but WOW 😲 that Siamese fighting fish bracelet is definitely an eye catcher 👀 Absolutely gorgeous 😍 💎

Love the fighting fish cuff !

I had an opportunity to visit this redesigned gallery in 2011. Has always been my favourite collection of the VA both before and after. ❤

I'll never visit the V&A and not dedicate at least half an hour of my visit to the jewellery collections. Every time, I am drawn to a piece I didn't notice as much last time, and the journey of exploration and bedazzlement begins again. Such a treasure to the world.

An amazing gallery that's so much more than just about displaying an extraordinary collection of jewels and body adornments. One of the many highlights of the V&A.

Just watched this again,so well done, thank you,I loved the 1816 letter and how the rings were displayed,I wish there was something like this in Chicago.

It makes me sad that all these beautiful pieces will never be worn again

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. A human being designed and created these pieces of art. It's amazing. I'm glad they can now be appreciated by all instead of being horded by the few.

Thank you so much!!! Means a lot to see these treasures. Literally breathtaking!!! Education, travel, science,art and more art!!! Love it!!!

I wish I was there in person to enjoy this, love it, thank you.

This is so awesome!!!!! I would love to see this showcase of English Jewelry. Thank you for giving us a peek.

I love walking through this room

I’ve been there. I couldn’t believe,y eyes. The most beautiful jewelry I’ve ever seen including a mourning broach for Princess Charlotte. The tiaras were beyond imagining.

Your videos are a welcome zen moment every day. So many beautiful things.

I would like to see more videos covering the collection, perhaps by period and/or style, to get an idea of shifting motifs and favored materials through history.

2:13 Don't try to tell me that's not Edna Mode, because that's definitely Edna Mode. She's even a superhero costume designer for heaven's sake.

How beautiful! I want to go there now

What an absolutely stunning exhibition

Fascinating history associated with all pieces displayed.

As a jewelry enthusiast that museum it's like a paradise ...

Me too "I'd love to wear some of it," very interesting exhibit, I hope to see it in person soon.

I could spend hours in this room looking at the jewelry.

on my bucket list

stunning. i want to see more details of it

There was the most beautiful “Bow” necklace that myself and a crowd of women were ogling. It was so relevant, it could have been worn now as it was then. It really stuck out in my mind.

I think it'd be fatastic if the jewelry would be displayed on mannequins with the corresponding period fashions. Although I could imagine it might cost V&A just too much to have secure show cases put togther i.o. to keep the pieces of jewelry safe.

Just beautiful.

Wow, I'd like to get my hands on some of those jewels. I've been lucky enough to come across some interesting jewels, myself, over the years. Some different pieces, in particular, some metallic tribal African headbands, worn in wedding ceremonies. They're something you don't see everyday for sure.

Mesmerisingly beautiful...

Although unlikely now, I hope to be able to spend a week at the V&A in the jewelry room alone. Could spend months in the museum itself. Such wonderful pieces. Each with a story. I must say that I am quite taken with the Fighting Fish bracelet.

Excellent, invigorating! Fascinating!

Stunning

Wow...love jewellery .

Beautiful.

1:14 Townsend's ring.....Love the idea, gonna be rich even if I got one!

Amazing!

I would have liked to have heard more about the jewellery Napoleon have Hortense, his adopted daughter.

I would cry if i was there. Like i said in the last video. Im american. We dont have the same history so when i get to see stuff thats really old...it just....moves me. I cant help it.

My favorite room in my favorite museum

Wow! Beautiful! 😍🌟😍🌟😍🌟👍👍👍

Dream come true if I can go there

So fascinating!

It would be cool to see some of the pieces worn for a video.

I remember going there great place ❤❤❤❤

I could spend many many happy days there.

Amazing video! What is the sound track gong though the movie?

May I borrow the Koi bracelet? Why, you ask? Well, I have a lot of sitting around my house to do... 😬💙💙💙

could you turn the music up i could almost here them talk

Gorgeous ❤

There’s some beautiful work in there, but that titanium fish bracelet must take the prize for most technically challenging to actually make.

WOW! Ist das ein Museum? Wenn ja, dann möchte ich auch mal da rein! Als Schmuckliebhaberin würden mir da sicher die Augen raus ploppen!

those rings!!

to the museum staff and curators: 1:15 one simple suggestion of mine, if i may, using the back panel made like a big "droplet in water" circles and waves, not a flat plane. or even in a galaxy like tridimensional, multi arms* array... i loved that ring collection, it felt like a testament in solid art, of human's way and notion of beauty, thanks for the video, it made the ocean(internet,youtube,etc) entirely richer.(even a drop makes a lake bigger)(a drop in the middle of a huge pond makes ripples that travel the entire area, affecting all the margins). q:P

Would have like to have seen much more.

I want to go!

How did we miss this? We were just there!

Wow amazing

Is fabulous 💖💖💖💖👍👍👌👏👏

I wanna see this.

I had no problem hearing the people talk but was distracted by the music. Please turn it down and it would be more effective.

cartier was always so innovativw with its jewelry.

Could not understand what they were saying for the loud music in the background

As an American I was shocked that admission is FREE! I'll never set foot in the Met in NY ever again.

I can't hear the comments over the background music.

After watching this I am going through withdrawals after being out of fine jewelry for 18 years....definitely a must see...

JEWELS 💎 DREAMS COLLECTION 💎💎🌍🌍⭐️⭐️

3:12 "and deep envy, I would love to wear some of it"... same

This must have been taken out of viewing by 2023 because I’ve been to the V&A twice this year and I couldn’t see this.

Wow...purty

The spiral display should be on a very slow spin to allow the stones to sparkle ✨

My weakness!Can you imagine the security!!

I always feel weird looking at jewelry collections in museums. I love the pieces, the craftsmanship and the materiality both appeal to me, but it always feels off because theyre displayed on stands, while these are objects meant to be WORN. it gives me this kind of feeling like im looking at something incomplete. Even though the jewelry is the thing being displayed, it feels like actually the main piece is missing and youre just looking at accessories. Kinda like when murals and facades are displayed off of the buildings and context they belonged too. Beautiful objects yes, but without the architecture they fit in to, they seem like disparate incomplete pieces. I dont even get this as much with clothes displayed flat and not on a manikin. A dress by itself is still a complete object, but a set of jewelry or even a tiara displayed in a case just seems to exist in some sort of void. The fish bracelet was wonderful but i could shake that nagging desire to see him put it on, just to see what it actually looks like on a hand. I get this major feeling of cognitive dissonance in these spaces, the jewelry just never feels complete to me unless i can see someone wear it. And then its "oh so thats what its MEANT to look like".

HAHAHA will hit this spot, IF I HAD CHANCE TO GO TO LONDON.

can some one tell me what gallery is this.

Did anyone give me information on affluent families who commissioned jewelry from Fuller and sons in Pawtucket Rhode Island in the 1800s I have a guard chain from a lady's set and I'm looking for provenance

It looks like a magical glow-worm cave, just needs the odd light to dim out or suddenly twinkle on to bring it alive

❤

Not only was the music background too loud, it was annoying and pointless. So many videos on RU-vid have that issue. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Am watching this now, but the background music is too loud & detracts from the narration as you can not hear what is being said. 😊

This would be so much more enjoyable if one didn't have to struggle to hear what was being said. The music is far too loud, it overtakes the whole video. Such a shame.

interesting. sadly, I'll never be able to see a single one of those pieces of jewelry while I'm alive.

7:40 isn’t it supposed to be a Siamese (not Japanese) Fighting Fish?

*Stephen Webster:* Dark jewelry for a dark-hearted class.

Money they have so.

Alright, alright.. I'll check the center console in our car... Okay, I've found 3 sticky nickels, 4 dimes, 1 quarter, & 17 pennies.. nope, make that _18_ pennies; also looked under the sofa cushions.. turned up $1.37. So my answer: sold! I'll take 'em all.

7:40 Siamese Fighting Fish.

i didnt know red reddingtons body cleaner made costumes for marvel!