Jessa Roylands

In 1997 Te Papa purchased approximately 1000 nineteenth- and twentieth-century silversmiths and jewellers’ tools. The collection was started by jeweller Norris Blaxall in the early 1920s and his son Kevan continued to assemble and document the collection. Jessa Roylands, a Museum Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington, has been researching the tools, and shares some insights into the process of creating beautiful, glossy enamelled jewellery.Read more