Carol is offered a fascinating dive into the world of portrait miniatures. She speaks to portrait miniature specialist and founder of the Limner company Emma Rutherford.

https://www.portraitminiature.com/

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Carol is offered a rare look into the secretive, hallowed world of Moussaieff, the 180-year old Mayfair jewellery house, helmed since the 1960s by Alisa Moussaieff, a.k.a. Mrs M.

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One of Florida's cultural gems is the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, founded by Ralph and Elizabeth Norton in the 1940s. This year, the museum hosts Artists’ Jewelry: From Cubism to Pop, the Diane Venet Collection, and Carol had the pleasure of speaking to Rachel Gustafson, Norton's Chief Curatorial Operations and Research Officer, about the show, putting it together, and the impact they hope it will have.

https://www.norton.org/exhibitions/artists-jewelry

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As the gold price reaches a record high, Carol decides to delve deeper into this eternal element. She speaks to Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, who has just curated Solid Gold, an exhibition at the museum which runs until July 6, 2025.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/exhibitions/solid-gold

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Carol gets the very first interview with Pierre Rainero and Pascale Lepeu of Cartier ahead of Cartier's grand new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. She then speaks to Helen Molesworth, the V&A's senior jewellery curator.

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Carol has a fascinating chat with Simon Wilson, the king of costume, at the iconic Butler & Wilson store on the Fulham Road, London.

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Carol speaks to star jeweller Glenn Spiro in his beautiful Bond Street atelier and office about his 40 years in the business, and what he has learned along the way.

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In this, the last instalment in Carol's New York run of episodes, she sits down with Levi Higgs, the Head of Archives and Brand Heritage at quintessential American jeweller David Webb, for a wide-ranging chat about David Webb himself, the brand and the legacy. Recorded at the David Webb archives on Madison Avenue, New York City.

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