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Jewellery. Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for ...
Medieval jewelry. The Dunstable Swan Jewel, a livery badge in gold and ronde bosse enamel, about 1400. The Middle Ages was a period that spanned approximately 1000 years and is normally restricted to Europe and the Byzantine Empire. The material remains we have from that time, including jewelry, can vary greatly depending on the place and time ...
Wanesia Spry Misquadace (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), jeweler and birch bark biter, 2011 [1]Native American jewelry refers to items of personal adornment, whether for personal use, sale or as art; examples of which include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and pins, as well as ketohs, wampum, and labrets, made by one of the Indigenous peoples of the United States.
When it comes to antique and vintage jewelry, these are the best brands, timeless designs, and most sought-after stones to look for, according to an expert.
Name Years Produced Description Reference Cherry Chain Distinguished by groups of cherries in a circular pattern. [12] Coin Dot 1947, 1952–54, 1956–64 A pattern made by using opalescent glass that was a copy the Polka Dot Victorian pattern. [13] Dragon and Lotus This pattern is possibly available in more colors than other patterns. [14] Hobnail
Jewellery design. Rendering of a jewellery design before going to the jeweller's bench. Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. It is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest-known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimeter (0.039 in) to over 1 centimeter (0.39 in) in diameter. Beads represent some of the earliest ...