Jewelled Collection

Lily Elsie (1886 - 1962), Popular actress and singer wearing a jewelled costume in Lehars The Merry Widow Date: 1909

India - A Rajput Chief in ordinary dress, Delhi
Black and white. Bearded man wearing head wrap and heavily decorated garment with horseshoe design on fabric. Collar appears to be jewelled.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no

Items in the Tudor Exhibition, 1890
Engraving showing a number of relics from the sixteenth century exhibited in the Tudor Exhibition of 1890. The items pictured include: Henry VIIIs hat (top right)

Costume / Men / Hebrewpriest
A Hebrew High Priest in ornate gold and red robes, praying with raised hands and swinging a smoking censer

Three Swords of State - Crown Jewels. The Sword of State, The Jewelled State Sword, Curtana - the sword of Mercy. Date: 1936

The Grand State Salt Cellar, Tower of London
The Grand State Salt Cellar of the Tower of London. Also known as the Salt of State or the Exeter Salt, it was presented to Charles II for his Restoration banquet in 1660

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883-1981) was the sister-in-law of Queen Mary. By the time of her death, she was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. Date: 1939

Advert for Courtaulds, makers of rayon fabric. The gown depicted is made by Liberty's. In the background is a scene from Ranelagh Gardens in the 18th century. Date: 1954

Advert for De Reszke Minors, a range of cigarettes smaller than their standard Americans range. Date: 1932

White flowers and a cross on an Easter card
White flowers and an ornate cross on a two-part Easter card, with cherub (left) and Paschal Lamb (right). Date: circa 1890s

Pandora and her box by Sogata
A stylised idea of Pandora opening her box, and in this case finding many jewels. 1930

Nobleman in his Habit of State wears a tunic with slit to the skirt & magyar sleeves, a mantle with jewelled clasp, criss-cross leg bandages over soled-hose & a stalked beret. Date: 13th century

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace
The Queen and Prince Philip in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, taken on the eve of their departure to North America. The Queen wears a shimmering gown of white tulle embroidered in silver

Sword of Charlemagne - Crown of Empress Constance
Ceremonial sword called the " Sword of Charlemagne" (with details). 2. Crown of Empress Constance, Fredericks wife. (with details). 3. Sword of Saint Maurice (with detail).4. Kings crown

German imperial crown, Sceptres, Orb and Bohemian Crown
1. The German imperial crown. 2. & 3. & 6. Sceptres. 4. Imperial Orb (with details). 5. Hungarian Sceptre (with details). 7. Bohemian Royal Crown. Date: circa 12th century

Hair-decorations in fashion 1911
Selection of evening headdresses. 1911

Why wear your diamond on your neck? 1913
Anna Held (1872 1918), Polish-born French and later Broadway stage performer and singer, wearing lavish diamond stockings. 1913

Advert for Marius Heng hairpieces 1912
New fashionable creations by incorporating fake hair to make attrative hair styles. 1912

Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1912
Advertisement for Noirat, wavy hairpieces for women with elegant ornamented bands and hair combs. 1912

Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Royalty Hair Net
Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Royalty Invisible Hair Net with elastic - woven of DuPont nylon - new Duroy processed - " Fit for a Queen" ! circa 1950s

Victorian jewellery remounted as diamond brooches 1937
This illustration shows how pieces of Victorian jewellery were being reused as ornamental brooches more in keeping with the 1930s

Englishman of 1415
Short belted tunic, long sleeves : jewelled cap, and two-colour hose, more suitable for the parlour than the field of battle Date: circa 1415

Englishwoman 1385
Her loose surcoat is cut away, revealing her belted under- dress; her hair is hidden beneath her jewelled caul Date: circa 1385

The Green Goddess by William Archer
Promotional postcard of The Green Goddess by William Archer. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre, 6th September 1923

Jewelled Sevres porcelain.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

The Queen mag 1939
Front cover illustration for the Fashion Forecast number of The Queen magazine showing the silhouette of an elegant woman admiring a jewelled brooch. Date: January 1939

Advert for Asprey jewellery 1938
Fashion decorative jewellery. Date: 1938

The Nightingale, based on the poem by Samuel Coleridge

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well). The Dragon King and two princesses in a scene from the play The Jewelled Well.. Date 1820

The Scottish regalia for coronations of Scottish Monarchs
The Scottish regalia used at the coronations of Scottish Monarchs, and objects associated with the symbols of Sovereignty

Young turkish beauty
An attractive young Turkish girl in alluring attire with beads in her hair and large jewelled earrings, gazes out over the rooftops of the city of Constantinople

The Struggle, for a Bengal Butcher and an Imp-pie
Another print about the impeachment of Warren Hastings. A tug-of-war is taking place, with Hastings in a jewelled turban and a large pie (Sir Elijah Impey) in the middle

Costume / 14th C Nobility
A nobleman and his wife: he wears armour and carries a sword; she wears a richly jewelled costume, with ermine

COSTUME / 1000 AD
A medieval knight and his wife: he wears chainmail and carries a shield; she wears a richly jewelled costume

Mlle. Mastico / Actress
Mlle. Mastico as Hero in the Paris production of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing

Grey Hat with Feather
A fetching grey & black felt hat with a low flat crown & broad up-turned brim ornamented with a dyed & shaped feather & a jewelled device for holding it

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