Kya deLongchamps reviews a new book on Wartski the jeweller

Wartski: The First 150 Years, really is something of a jewel. Author Geoffrey Munn is a familiar face on the BBC’s Antique Roadshow, where he tenderly unveils precious jewellery and object d’art brought to the wobbling tables every season.

His main role is as managing director of Wartski Ltd, a jewellery shop on Grafton Street in London.

With its listed shop front in patinated, bronze mosaic, and stained glass by Denis Lasdun (1914-2001), the firm is a major player in the international art trade and the scholarship of European goldsmithing.