Jewellery & gemstones
The Hope Diamond
blue diamond in a pendant setting
First recorded 1668 · Smithsonian Institution
Jade Bixie Amulet
jade amulet
Eastern Han, 25–220 CE · National Palace Museum
Personal Crown of Louis XV
royal crown
1722 · French State
The Regent Diamond
cut diamond
1704–1706 · French State
Crown of Empress Eugénie
Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier
1855 · French State
Naos-Shaped Amulet, Dendera Treasure Hoards
Ancient Egyptian
Graeco-Roman Period · Grand Egyptian Museum
Royal Diadem of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 · Grand Egyptian Museum
Festival Earrings of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 · Grand Egyptian Museum
Golden Necklace, Dendera Treasure Hoards, GEM 2554
Ancient Egyptian
Graeco-Roman / Ptolemaic Period · Grand Egyptian Museum
Gold Necklace, Dendera Treasure Hoards, GEM 2589
Ancient Egyptian
Graeco-Roman / Ptolemaic Period · Grand Egyptian Museum
Duck Head Earrings of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 · Grand Egyptian Museum
Hei tiki OL000151
hei tiki
1750–1850 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Snettisham Great Torc
torc
c. 150–50 BC · The Trustees of the British Museum
Great gold buckle from Sutton Hoo
belt buckle
early 7th century · The Trustees of the British Museum
Winged-monster armlet from the Oxus Treasure
armlet
5th–4th century BC · The Trustees of the British Museum
Sutton Hoo shoulder clasp
shoulder clasp
early 7th century · The Trustees of the British Museum
Lion-headed spiral armlet or torc from the Oxus Treasure
armlet or torc
5th–4th century BC · The Trustees of the British Museum
Goat-headed armlet from the Oxus Treasure
armlet
5th–4th century BC · The Trustees of the British Museum
Lion-griffin terminal armlet from the Oxus Treasure
armlet
5th–4th century BC · The Trustees of the British Museum
Cross
Byzantine enameller
ca. 1100 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art