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2. Shropshire bulla - Wikipedia

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   The Shropshire bulla is an example of "reversible fashion"; the front and back are alike in design, either side can be selected to be the presenting face. Bullae were probably highly prized adornments, worn as clothing accessories to display the wearer's high status and wealth.

3. Colored gold - Wikipedia

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   An alloy with only gold and silver is the hardest at 15.5 K (64.5% gold and 35.5% silver). During ancient times, due to impurities in the smelting process, gold frequently turned a reddish color. This is why many Greek and Roman texts, and some texts from the Middle Ages, describe gold as "red".

4. Victorian jewellery - Wikipedia

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   The symbol of eyes had a powerful significance in mourning jewellery. [3] A single eye was often included in jewellery such as brooches . [ 3 ] An eye signified a spiritual presence of the departed with the person who wore the jewellery , in this way the departed could watch over the person who was wearing the jewellery.

5. Gold-filled jewelry - Wikipedia

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   The layer of gold on gold-filled items is 5 to 10 times thicker than that produced by regular gold plating, and 15 to 25 times thicker than that produced by gold electroplate (sometimes stamped HGE for "high grade electroplate" or HGP for "heavy gold plate", though neither of these terms have any legal meaning, and indicate only that the item ...

6. Hockley Pendant - Wikipedia

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   The Hockley pendant is a diamond-shaped gold pendant with an attached gold bail. It is 3 cm (1.2 in) in length, weighs a third of an ounce (8.68g), and has a gold content of up to 73%. [2] [3] The front of the pendant is engraved with the image of a female saint carrying a cross. The cross is covered with marks that suggest drops of blood.

7. Lorgnette - Wikipedia

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   The Duchess of Windsor is said to have owned a collection of lorgnettes and thereby to have brought the lorgnette back to fashion in the 1950s. [7] She is described to have been especially fond of a particular lorgnette that “springs out from a small tiger handle of gold, striped in black enamel, emerald-eyed”, designed by Cartier in Paris.