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2. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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   (Top) 1 Hair Ornaments. 2 Arms. 3 Hands. 4 Body. ... This list of jewellery types is a listing of most types of jewellery made. ... Hand Chain Ring-bracelet; Body

3. Jewellery chain - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Livery collar - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Although gold was the most common and a popular material used in Aztec jewellery, jade, turquoise, and certain feathers were considered more valuable. [72] In addition to adornment and status, the Aztecs also used jewellery in sacrifices to appease the gods. [34] [54]

6. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Germanic fibulae, early 5th century The Dunstable Swan Jewel, a livery badge in gold and ronde bosse enamel, about 1400. Gold belt end and buckle, c. 600, Avar version of Byzantine style. The Middle Ages was a period that spanned approximately 1000 years and is normally restricted to Europe and the Byzantine Empire.

7. Chatelaine (chain) - Wikipedia

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   Chatelaine bags refer to bags suspended from a waistband by cord or chain, which were popular from the 1860s to the end of the 19th century. [8] Chatelaines were worn by many housekeepers in the 19th century [9] and in the 16th century Dutch Republic, [citation needed] where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Similar ...

8. Belt buckle - Wikipedia

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   Byzantine belt buckle from the late 6th or 7th century, with the chape to the right A Ming dynasty white jade belt buckle with gold Frame-style buckle: A conventional belt buckle with single square frame and prong Plate-style "buckle: Back side of original US Civil War buckle, showing bent-arrow chape-end attachment and single-hook mordant Box-frame "buckle: Box-frame "buckles" Belt buckle ...

9. Roman jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Solid gold snake bracelets, among the most popular types of Roman jewelry. Snake bracelets were often worn in pairs, around the wrists as well as on the upper arms. The focus on showiness and imitation of fine materials demonstrates the fact that Romans were highly conscious of how they presented themselves in public. [1]