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Gold body chain for a slight woman or a girl. Frontal view with an amethyst and four garnets; four other gems are missing (4th or 5th century Romano British, part of the Hoxne hoard) [1] Byzantine body chain found as part of the Asyut Treasure, Egypt c. 600 AD (British Museum) [2] Gold chain from the sixteenth century, Sweden.
In her rather fair, short, curly hair is a rosette on the left side; behind it is a pearl comb fastening the hair. Round her neck is a triple string of pearls; in each ear is a pearl. She wears a black gown with slashed sleeves. A long gold chain is twice wound across the bosom and the shoulders, and fastened with a rosette to the lace collar.
They consist of a necklace, locket and pendant. The necklace has 14 large filigree open-work "paternoster" beads which could be filled with perfumed musk. [417] The locket has tiny portraits of woman and a man, traditionally identified as Mary and James VI. The gold pendant set with pearls may have been worn with the locket.
Necklace; 2600–2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: 22.5 centimetres (8.9 in); Royal Cemetery at Ur (Iraq); Metropolitan Museum of Art Pair of earrings with cuneiform inscriptions, 2093–2046 BC; gold; Sulaymaniyah Museum ( Sulaymaniyah , Iraq)
1870–1910: The Edwardian era saw a resurgence of pearl necklaces, in addition to a dog-collar style of necklace made of gold or platinum with inset diamonds, emeralds, or rubies. [4] The Art Nouveau movement inspired symbolic, abstract designs with natural and animal motifs. [ 6 ]
A livery collar or chain of office is a collar or heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as insignia of office or a mark of fealty or other association in Europe from the Middle Ages onwards. One of the oldest and best-known livery collars is the Collar of Esses , which has been in continuous use in England since the 14th century.
This guy is wearing my necklace that’s 100 bucks with, like, an $80,000 — or more — necklace!” said Milton Ramos, the minor-leaguer-turned-entrepreneur who designs the bright, beaded ...
Victorian jewellery originated in England; it was produced during the Victoria era, when Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901. Queen Victoria was an influential figure who established the different trends in Victorian jewellery. [1]