Jenny Knott

Jenny has been working in the Silver and Jewellery industry for over 35 years. She has a degree in English and loves to find an elegant phrase to describe the pieces she is valuing.

She joined Bonhams from university and worked for many years in the silver, jewellery and clocks and watches department, becoming Deputy Head of department whilst still in her twenties.

She left to persuade a career as an independent specialist, returning to Bonhams as a consultant to run their highly successful gentlemen’s sales. She has worked with Buckingham Palace, The Rothschild Waddesdon Trust, and the Goldsmiths Company where she co-curated their cufflink exhibition. She also worked with John Lewis for over twenty five years, supplying them with antique jewellery for the retails sales, and later enjoyed working with Bloomingdales in The United States supplying cufflinks and gentleman’s accessories.

She has lectured extensively here and abroad in her specialist areas and has a particular interest in cufflinks, which although niche she finds fascinating!

She is highly experienced in valuation work for insurance, probate and market assessment, and pursues this alongside her consultancy role for an auction house, and continuing work with The Rothschild Trust, and Garsington Opera.