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Also Known As jewellery

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Stomacher brooch
Silver Claddagh ring featuring two hands holding a crowned heart, resting on a wooden surface.
Sumerian headdress
Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Tutankhamun: pectoral
jewelry; Tutankhamun
ancient Egyptian jewelry
gold pectoral
Gold funerary mask from Mycenae, shaped as a male face with a beard and closed eyes, known as the so-called Mask of Agamemnon.
Minoan gold pendant known as the Malia Bee Pendant, featuring two bees encircling a textured sun with granulation detail, and three gold discs hanging below.
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Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
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Jay DeFeo
American painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker
Heidi Klum smiles while posing on the red carpet in a bright yellow, embellished gown at the Cannes film festival.
Heidi Klum
German American model and businesswoman
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Charles Lewis Tiffany
American jeweler
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Richard W. Sears
American merchant
René Lalique: hair ornament and brooch
René Lalique
French jeweler
González, Julio: Head of Montserrat Screaming
Julio González
Spanish sculptor