Image Credits

c. 2400 BCE

Troy Museum Troad Gold – Pin 2400 BC
Creator: Dosseman (Dick Osseman)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Adaptation: cropped for use on this website.

Etruscan filigree

Pair of gold spirals
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: The Met Open Access
Rights: Public Domain / CC0
Adaptation: background removed and image cropped for use on this website.

Roman period

Pair of boat-shaped earrings with filigree and granule decoration
Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: The Met Open Access
Rights: Public Domain
Adaptation: background removed and image cropped for use on this website.

16th century

Pair of Earrings, from Necklace and Pair of Earrings
Date: late 16th century
Origin: possibly Goa or Gujarat, India
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: The Met Open Access
Rights: Public Domain
Adaptation: background removed and image cropped for use on this website.

The Netherlands

Ring
Maker: Pierre Daniel Bellanger
Date: c. 1727–1768
Origin: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Object number: BK-1981-54
Source: Rijksmuseum
Rights: Public Domain
Adaptation: background removed and image cropped for use on this website.

19th century

Byzantine-revival pendant in the form of an oil lamp
Maker: Castellani
Date: c. 1870
Origin: Rome, Italy
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 2015.407
Source: The Met Open Access
Rights: Public Domain
Adaptation: background removed and image cropped for use on this website.