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  2. Filigree - Wikipedia

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    Gold filigree intricate work from Portugal Albanian silver jewellery from 19th and 20th century Sterling dish, filigree work Citrine cannetille-work brooch. Filigree (also less commonly spelled filagree, and formerly written filigrann or filigrene) [citation needed] is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork.

  3. Tarakasi - Wikipedia

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    The filigree jewelry is particularly rich in patterns. In Odisha, the stress is on arm jewellery, necklaces, toe rings and especially anklets, which are a great favorite. They are considered auspicious as well. Intricate anklets, combining use of semi-precious stones are greatly preferred. The Bela-Kanta, a traditional ornament

  4. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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    Medical alert jewelry; Membership pin; Military dog tags; Pledge pins; Prayer jewelry Japa malas; Prayer beads; Prayer rope; Rosary beads; Puzzle jewelry. Puzzle ring; Signet ring; Thumb ring; Gemstone Jewelry

  5. Yemenite silversmithing - Wikipedia

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    Gilt silver filigree, granulation (20th century) Among the variety of jewellery known in Yemen, the labbe (ornate bib-necklace) is the most impressive in its complexity. A highly skilled work of Jewish silversmiths, it is a testimony of exquisite craftsmanship, requiring painstaking work and a developed artistic sense, expressed by the ...

  6. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    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 example.

  7. Granulation (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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    Granulated Etruscan earring, 4th century B.C. Granulation is a jewellery manufacturing technique whereby a surface is covered in spherules or granules of precious metal. The technique is thought to have its origins in Sumer about 5,000 years ago.

  8. Roscrea Brooch - Wikipedia

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    The Roscrea brooch is a 9th-century Celtic brooch of the pseudo-penannular type, found at or near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, before 1829. [3] It is made from cast silver, and decorated with zoomorphic patterns of open-jawed animals and gilded gold filigree, and is 9.5 cm in height and 8.3 cm wide.

  9. Ring (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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    Ruby ring. A ring is a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry.The term "ring" by itself denotes jewellery worn on the finger; when worn as an ornament elsewhere, the body part is specified within the term, e.g., earrings, neck rings, arm rings, and toe rings.