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Background imageEarring Collection: Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Her Majesty Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (1926-2022). Date: 1955

Background imageEarring Collection: HRH Queen Elizabeth II

HRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). She is wearing the George IV State Diadem or Diamond Diadem. Date: circa 1954

Background imageEarring Collection: Empress Theodora. Basilica of Saint Vitale. Italy

Empress Theodora. Basilica of Saint Vitale. Italy
Empress Theodora I (500-548) with a court of ladies. Mosaic. 6th century. Basilica of Saint Vitale. Ravenna. Italy

Background imageEarring Collection: Diana, Princess of Wales in St Columb, Cornwall

Diana, Princess of Wales in St Columb, Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), chatting to a member of the 650th anniversary Pageant cast during a visit to St Columb, Cornwall

Background imageEarring Collection: Princess Anne, Princess Royal, in Cornwall

Princess Anne, Princess Royal, in Cornwall
Princess Anne, Princess Royal, on an official visit to Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageEarring Collection: Model Celia Hammond - white sweater

Model Celia Hammond - white sweater and dark floral-print skirt Date: circa 1963

Background imageEarring Collection: Celtic Relics, Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze

Celtic Relics, Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze. Gold bracelet, three bronze fibulas, enamelled bronze horse trapping, enamelled ring, bronze torque, gold torque, gold earring, bronze ornament

Background imageEarring Collection: Egyptian Queen Cleopatra

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (69 BC-30BC). Cleopatra represented herself as the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEarring Collection: Patsy Dan Rodgers, The King of Tory Island, County Donegal

Patsy Dan Rodgers, The King of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland 1944-2018. Patsy is pictured in West Town playing his accordion Date: 2004

Background imageEarring Collection: Portrait of a young Dayak Woman - Sarawak, Malaysia

Portrait of a young Dayak Woman - Sarawak, Malaysia - note the elongated earlobes stretched with multiple heavy metal circle earrings. Date: 1952

Background imageEarring Collection: Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1873, by Raimundo de Madrazo

Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1873, by Raimundo de Madrazo
Adelina Patti (1843-1919). Italian Soprano. Portrait by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), 1873. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageEarring Collection: Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by Velazquez

Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by Velazquez
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). Queen consort of Spain (1788-1808). Wife of Charles IV. Portrait by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834), 1789. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageEarring Collection: Manuela Gonzalez Velazquez playing the piano, 1820-1821

Manuela Gonzalez Velazquez playing the piano, 1820-1821
Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834). Spanish painter. Manuela Gonzalez Velazquez playing the piano, 1820-1821. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageEarring Collection: Henry III. King of France. House Valois-Angouleme

Henry III. King of France. House Valois-Angouleme
Henry III of France (1551-1589). King of France (1574-1589), king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1573-1575). House Valois-Angouleme. Portrait. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Laderer

Background imageEarring Collection: Margaret Lockwood, English actress

Margaret Lockwood, English actress Date: 1951

Background imageEarring Collection: Vase decorated with human head. Ceramics, Zapotec culture

Vase decorated with human head. Ceramics, Zapotec culture (Monte Alban III). Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Background imageEarring Collection: Vase with human figure of feline traits. Ceramic

Vase with human figure of feline traits. Ceramic. Zapotec culture (Monte Alban III). Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Background imageEarring Collection: Left to right: seated male figure and seated female figure

Left to right: seated male figure and seated female figure
From left to right: seated male figure and seated female figure. Painted ceramics. Nayarit style. Protoclassic Period (100 BC-250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Background imageEarring Collection: Cecile Sorel, French actress

Cecile Sorel, French actress
Cecile Sorel (1873-1966) was a French comic actress, noted for her extravagant costumes, and here being feted as the best dressed woman in Europe. Date: circa 1910

Background imageEarring Collection: Woman at the wheel of her car

Woman at the wheel of her car
Stylish woman at the wheel of her car looks round quizzically. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageEarring Collection: A beautiful and highly-detailed chromolithograph scrap portrait of Victoria (1819-1901)

A beautiful and highly-detailed chromolithograph scrap portrait of Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death

Background imageEarring Collection: Scenes from Abyssinia, 1820

Scenes from Abyssinia, 1820
Governor of Abyssinia in breastplate with turban and upright ornament 67, eating raw flesh cut from a live cow 68, and the bridge over the cataract of Alala on the River Nile 68

Background imageEarring Collection: Portrait of a Thai man and Indian woman

Portrait of a Thai man and Indian woman
Portrait and profile of one of the famous Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, aged 25, and Indian woman of Calcutta, aged 22, wearing nose ring and jewelry

Background imageEarring Collection: Natives of the island of Palau (Pelew)

Natives of the island of Palau (Pelew). King Abba-Thulle with tattoos, his second son Prince Lee-Boo in western dress who later died of smallpox in England

Background imageEarring Collection: Native Americans of Nootka

Native Americans of Nootka. Nootka man with tattooed brow and nose ring, men and women in woven hats, animal-skin cloaks, earrings and facial piercings, and baby in papoose

Background imageEarring Collection: Man and woman of the Garrow people, Indo-Chinese

Man and woman of the Garrow people, Indo-Chinese
Man and woman of the Garrow people in bandana, hoop earrings and necklaces. Indo-Chinese tribe from east of the Brahmaputra River, Indo-China

Background imageEarring Collection: Pedro, a Navajo Indian from North Arizona, USA

Pedro, a Navajo Indian from North Arizona, USA
Pedro, a Navajo Indian living on a reservation in North Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1920

Background imageEarring Collection: Navajo Indian, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Navajo Indian, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Navajo Indian, Tom of Ganado, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was the husband of Elle, the tribes most famous weaver. Date: circa 1920

Background imageEarring Collection: Cover of The Sketch featuring model wearing Cartier jewels

Cover of The Sketch featuring model wearing Cartier jewels
Vibrant front cover of The Sketch with a model wearing Cartier Jewellery (New Bond Street, W1). The butter-yellow evening dress is by Frank Usher and made of layers of tulle

Background imageEarring Collection: Young couple of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia

Young couple of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia (then a French colony). The woman wears long curved silver earrings

Background imageEarring Collection: Man and woman of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia

Man and woman of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia (then a French colony). The woman wears long curved silver earrings, and the man wears a silver necklace. Date: 1922

Background imageEarring Collection: Autumn by Lewis Baumer

Autumn by Lewis Baumer

Background imageEarring Collection: Laos - Tran Nink Province - Meo Girl

Laos - Tran Nink Province - Meo Girl
A young Miao Girl from the Xiangkhouang (or Xiangkhoang) Plateau, also known in French as Plateau du Tran-Ninh in the north of Laos Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEarring Collection: Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercings

Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercings
A Bougbou Tribesman from the region close to the start of the Kotto, a major tributary of the Ubangi right bank, so a sub-tributary of the Congo River - Congo, Central Africa - Terrifying (pre-punk)

Background imageEarring Collection: Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska, 1880, by Tadeusz Ajdukiewic

Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska, 1880, by Tadeusz Ajdukiewic
Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852-1916). Polish painter. Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska, 1880. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Background imageEarring Collection: Princess Meritaten. Relief. Amarna Period. Egypt

Princess Meritaten. Relief. Amarna Period. Egypt
Princess Meritaten. Relief with traces of polychromy. Limestone. Probably from el-Amarna, Egypt. Amarna Period, c. 1365-1347 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageEarring Collection: Mesopotamian art. Assyrian Empire. Funerary objects: Necklac

Mesopotamian art. Assyrian Empire. Funerary objects: Necklaces and earrings. Dated in the Old and Middle Assyrian Empire (14th and 12th centuries B.C)

Background imageEarring Collection: Gold etruscan jewelry. 400-350 BC

Gold etruscan jewelry. 400-350 BC
Gold etruscan jewelry: Funerary wreath with ivy leaves, pendant engraved depicting a woman and two men sitting around a bowl, earrings and necklace. 400-350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia

Background imageEarring Collection: Mycenaean art. Set of gold pieces among which eight rosettes

Mycenaean art. Set of gold pieces among which eight rosettes with petals. Koukaki, Athens. 14th Century BCE National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Background imageEarring Collection: Black Model 1960S

Black Model 1960S
A black model wears the 60s Look : Huge eye-catching bauble earrings, thick black eyeliner and heavy eyeshadow and a short hairstyle wig with full fringe. Date: 1960s

Background imageEarring Collection: Princess Diana visiting Cornwall

Princess Diana visiting Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales, out on a visit, possibly in the Cornwall area. She is holding a daffodils, and is sheltering from the rain under an umbrella. Date: 1980s

Background imageEarring Collection: Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEarring Collection: Gurkha Woman, Nepal

Gurkha Woman, Nepal
A superb photograph of a Gurkha Woman - historically, the terms " Gurkha" and " Gorkhali" were synonymous with " Nepali

Background imageEarring Collection: Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742-1798), called Mim

Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742-1798), called Mimi, was the Governor of the Austrian Netherlands from 1781 until 1793. Portrait. Engraving in Historia Universal, 1885. Colored

Background imageEarring Collection: Lady Selina Meade (1797-1872). Engraving. Colored

Lady Selina Meade (1797-1872). Engraving. Colored
Lady Selina Meade (1797-1872). Countess Clam-Martinic. Engraving by Kursning after a painting of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). The Iberian Illustration, 1891. Colored

Background imageEarring Collection: Elisabeth of Austria (1554-1592). Engraving. Colored

Elisabeth of Austria (1554-1592). Engraving. Colored
Elisabeth of Austria (1554-1592). Queen of France. Engraving by Richard Brend amour in Universal History, 1885. Colored

Background imageEarring Collection: Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageEarring Collection: Roman jewellery. 1st-4th century AD

Roman jewellery. 1st-4th century AD
Roman jewellery of the Imperial Age. 1st-4th century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary



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