Jewellery Collection

Daily Sketch Coronation Number 1953 Queen Elizabeth II
Front cover of The Daily Sketch Coronation Number featuring a portrait of the new monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Lady Diana Abdy by Madame Yevonde
(Helen) Diana (nÚÑáBridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907 - 1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, 1954
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh pictured together in the Grand Entrance in Buckingham Palace in 1954

Moorish Belly Dancer - Algeria
Arabian Belly Dancer - Algeria

Sutton Hoo treasure
A double-page spread relating to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial ground discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk

Queen Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953), consort to King George V of Britain. Wearing high diamond neck choker and tiara Date: 1935

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, 1954
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh pictured together in the Grand Entrance in Buckingham Palace in 1954

Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Messrs Downey. Date: 1894

HM Queen Mary (of Teck) - Queen of King George V
HM Queen Mary (of Teck) (1867-1953) - Queen of King George V - superb photographic portrait. Date: 1911

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

Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the younger daughter of the Marquess of Londonderry

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipe
Algeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)

Indonesian Dancers
Two royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style

Three Cartier platinum and diamond bracelets Date: circa 1930s

Norwegian Types (5 / 5) - Young Norwegian wife
A Young Norwegian wife in traditional national costume Date: circa 1910s

David Wright woman in black and pink
Elegant woman in a black top, with a pink and black bow in her hair and gold jewellery. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer performing the female style in a seated pose. The use of the wrists and scarf are characteristic of this style

Tatler cover, Countess of Rosse
The Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel

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

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath. La Belle Fe
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architedt. Renaissance. La belle Ferronniere, 1490-95. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539). Engraving. Colored
Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539). Queen of Spain and Empress of Germany. Engraving after a painting of Titian, by Al Dauvergne. The Artistic Illustration, 1902. Colored

Cartier advertisement 1965
Advertisement for Cartier featuring a number of gold pieces of jewellery, 1965. 1965

Military regimental badge brooches advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for Charles Packer & Co, goldsmiths and silversmiths, and their selectrion of regimental badge brooches available for 2 2s. each

Ethiopian Woman - Braided Hair - Nose Ring
A beautiful Ethiopian Woman in profile, with long braided hair, jewellery and a very large nose ring. Date: circa 1910s

Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie Star
Stacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920

Woman of the Algerian Berber Ouled Nails Tribe
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Sutton Hoo Treasure. Royal shoulder-clasps. 7th-8th centurie
Sutton Hoo Treasure. Royal shoulder-clasps decorated with inlaid gold, enamel and garnet. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England

Military badge jewellery, WW1
Advertisement for regimental badges available from the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company. Made of gold or palladium, they were set with diamonds or other precious stones. Date: 1917

Coronation regalia jewels
Page from The Sketch depicting some of the famous and priceless jewels forming the Coronation regalia of King George VI in 1937. St

Christian Dior dress, 1953
A woman enjoys a glass of champagne while wearing a Christian Dior evening dress of blue silk organza worn over a number of full net underskirts and embroidered with swags of silver bugle beads

The Crown Regalia - 1953 Coronation
Illustrations of the Crown Regalia, along with descriptions of their individual roles in the Coronation ceremony. Includes the Crown of St

Tunisian woman with elaborate coin necklace
Tunisian woman with elaborate necklace made of many strings of coins with holes in the middle, metal bangles, thin silken clothing and a pointed hat

Art Nouveau Headdress / 1
An Art Nouveau headdress of ornamental fillet with elongated sections, incorporating a cameo, hanging over the ears. Also matching ornamental shoulder straps

Jatayus Fights Ravana
Jatayus, king of the vultures, tries to rescue Sita from the demon Ravana who is carrying her off to Sri Lanka. Sita throws her jewellery to earth as a sign for Rama

Queen Alexandra / Downey
ALEXANDRA QUEEN TO EDWARD VII Photographed in 1891

Advert for Frank Hyams Ltd, diamonds jewellery 1911
Selection of womens diamond jewellery. Date: 1911

Advert for Mappin & Webb fine jewellery 1934
Fine jewellery by Mappin & Webb, showing diamond cluster rings, brooches, earrings, watches, cufflinks and charms. Date: 1934

Gentlemens pocket watches with lever movement 1929
Selection of gold gentlemens pocket watches, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929

Martha of Norway
MARTHA, CROWN PRINCESS OF NORWAY Daughter of Princess Charles of Sweden, she married Crown Prince Olav of Norway in 1929. She died 3 years before Olav became King of Norway in 1957. Date: 1901 - 1954

Latuka woman, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Latuka woman of the Nile valley, South Sudan (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

Expanding gold bracelet wristwatches 1929
Ladies gold expanding bracelet wristwatches, lever movement, with square and rectangle faces, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929

Crucifix set with sapphires, zircon, spinel, cairngorm and amethyst. The whole cross is bordered by diamonds

Haughty woman
Good Morning. A woman in a pink feathered hat flaunts her jewellery. Artist: William Barribal Date: 1913

Front cover of The Bystander by Rick Elmes
A front cover illustration by Rick Elmes entitled The Minx, depicting an elegant young woman in evening dress, with her fur-trimmed coat falling off her shoulders

Tutankhamen influenced jewellery, 1920s
Egyptian trinkets from 1500 to 3000 years old adapted as modern jewellery: brooches, pendants, earrings and hat pins set wtih real antiques and a tutankhamen replica. All by Cartier

Nancy Cunard on cover of The Sketch
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph by Cecil Beaton of Miss Nancy Cunard (1896 - 1965), heiress, poet and political activist, owner of the Hours Printing Press

Punjabi Muslims - North-west Frontier Province - an area of South Asia spanning from central Pakistan to north-western India

Tatler front-cover: H. R. H. Princess Paul of Yugoslavia
A beautiful portrait study of the Consort of the Regent of Yugoslavia. H.R.H. the former Princess Olga, was a sister of H.R.H

Victor Stiebel / Twenties
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for an elegant evening or cocktail dress in royal blue with embellished assymetric hem and drop-waist. Shoes & jewellery match dress

Sumerian Jewellery Bc
The jewels of a Sumerian lady of the court, discovered during the excavations at Ur - evidence that feminine adornment was customary in the worlds oldest civilisation

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer in a sculpturesque pose which shows the relation of this style with ancient Hindu reliefs. The scarf is used to accentuate the movement

Viscountess Castlereagh in her famous necklace & tiara
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh, later Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess,

Golden earrings with shaped like a dolphin
Earrings with shaped like a dolphin. Gold. From Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, North Africa
Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, showing their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Front cover of the Sphere, 30 May 1953
Official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II heralding her coming coronation. Date: 1953

Batgers Christmas crackers box label
A bright and colourful label for a box of Batgers Jewel Christmas crackers featuring a lady emerging from a casket of jewels

Party hosted by the Countess of Aynard Chabrillan
An evening of entertainment entitled A dance of a thousand and one nights held at the abode of the Countess of Aynard Chabrillan on the Rue Christophe-Columb

Jewellery set by Dior
A " Tuileries" topaz jewellery set by Christian Dior consisting of a necklace, bracelet and head adornment. Worn with complementing make up - lipstick and nail varnish by Lancome

Robbery in Paris Home
An audacious robbery: gold and jewellery worth 110, 000 francs are stolen from a Paris home. The robbers get in through a hole in the ceiling!

Masai - Kenya, East Africa - Amazing neck rings. Date: 1949

King George V and Queen Mary - Coronation in 1911
British Monarch King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) - Coronation in 1911. Date: 1911

Hamlet
Visual metaphor for the Shakesperian quote from Hamlet 'Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind' depicting a sad young lady looking at a letter and box of jewellery

French jewelry from the 17th and 18th centuries
Chains, clasps, chatelaines and jewellery. Chains and seal by the French court jeweler Gilles l'Egare 1-11, and set of lady's jewelry from the era of King Louis XVI, 12-19

Gold enamelling and jewellery, 16th and 17th centuries

Portrait of Dona Isabel, wife of captain Barrios
Pedro Ruiz Gonzalez (1640-1706). Spanish painter. Portrait of Dona Isabel, wife of captain Barrios. Oil on canvas (79, 5 x 108 cm), circa 1682. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Copper hair-rings and ring, beads and an amulet in the form of an ibis (sacred bird associated with the Egyptian divinity Thoth)

Treasure of Cicere. Ca. 2000 BC. Chalcolithic-Bronze Age. Gold. Flat gold sheet. From Santa Comba, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle)

Torcs of the Castro of San Lourenzo Pastor. Gold. 1st century BC. O Pino, A Coruna province (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

Treasure of Cicere. Ca. 2000 BC. Chalcolithic-Bronze Age. Gold sheet diadem. From Santa Comba, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle)

Torc of Orbellido. Gold. 1st century AD. Vimianzo, Spain
Torc of Orbellido. Gold. 1st century AD. Vimianzo, A Coruna province (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

Torc of Treasure of the Castro de Xanceda - 1st century BC
Treasure of the Castro de Xanceda. Torc. Gold. 1st century BC. Mesi­a, A Coruna province (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

Castro culture. Treasure of Elvina. Gold necklace
Castro culture. Treasure of Elvina. Articulated and pendant necklace. Gold. From the Castro of Elvina. La Coruna (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle)

The Countess of Dudley
Rachel Ward (nee Gurney), Countess of Dudley (1867 - 1920), wife of the 2nd Earl of Dudley. Became estranged from her husband and died from drowning while bathing in Ireland. Date: 1902

Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party
Miss Margaret Whigham, celebrated debutante and it girl, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the Duchess of Argyll, whose divorce case in 1963 scandalised the country

King Alfred Jewel
The King Alfred Jewel, made on the orders of King Alfred the Great. It was discovered in 1693, in North Petherton, Somerset, and is now a popular exhibit at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond
Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond

Young women of the Kabyle Tribe, Algeria
Young Kabyle Women from Taourirt Des Beni Menguellet in the Djurdjura or Jurjura Range, a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System, located in Kabylie, Algeria

Queen Souriya of Aghanistan - Wife of King Amanullah of Afghanistan. The couple visited London in March 1928. Date: 1928

HRH Princess Margaret in a black Dior Dress. Date: circa 1952

Two Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, Sudan, Africa
Two Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s

Five Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa
Five Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s

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