A BBC documentary shows how the V&A s most exciting jewellery is its contemporary treasures
Including a brooch made from 105 rubies and an oxidised gold ring
Emefa Cole and her ring
The Victoria & Albert Museum is many people’s ‘happy place’, but for me, there’s a particular space within it that feels like paradise. The V&A’s William & Judith Bollinger Gallery has over 3,000 jewellery treasures on display, from Queen Victoria’s coronet and a collar from 8
th Century BC Ireland, to items by great masters like Lalique and Belperron and everything in between. The two floors are dark and narrow, with light pooling on the objects, and a more beautiful place to spend hours and hours gazing in wonder doesn’t exist – to me, at least.