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Tatler front-cover: H. R. H. Princess Paul of YugoslaviaA 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 / TwentiesDesign 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
Indonesian DancerA 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
Queen Alexandra / DowneyALEXANDRA QUEEN TO EDWARD VII Photographed in 1891
Viscountess Castlereagh in her famous necklace & tiaraEdith 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 dolphinEarrings with shaped like a dolphin. Gold. From Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Batgers Christmas crackers box labelA 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 ChabrillanAn 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
Crucifix set with sapphires, zircon, spinel, cairngorm and amethyst. The whole cross is bordered by diamonds
Jewellery set by DiorA " 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 HomeAn 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!
Sumerian Jewellery BcThe 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
Two Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, Sudan, AfricaTwo Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s
Five Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, Sudan, AfricaFive Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s
Masai - Kenya, East Africa - Amazing neck rings. Date: 1949
King George V and Queen Mary - Coronation in 1911British Monarch King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) - Coronation in 1911. Date: 1911
Two Girls of the Nuer Tribe - SudanTwo Girls (sisters?) of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s
Glamorous model wrapped in an opulent fur stoleGlamorous model in profile pose, wrapped in an opulent fur stole. Date: circa 1961
Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay PartyMiss 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
Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamondLady 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, AlgeriaYoung 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
Algerian Dancer - Exotic moorish girl with Tambourine Date: circa 1910s
Kikuyu Women, Kenya (British East Africa) Date: circa 1910s
Princess Otto von BismarckOtto Christian Archibald von Bismarck (1897 - 1975), German politician and diplomat. Date: 1934
Indian girl with jewellery, nose ring and dagger, India, c. 1880 sIndian girl with jewellery, nose ring and dagger, India, c.1880 s
Philippa Fendall Stewart, nee Wendell, Countess of Galloway, pictured in the robes and tiara she wore for the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937
The seal of a royal Minoan signet ring found at Knossos in Crete. Date: 1931
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
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
King Alfred JewelThe 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
Two young women in traditional dress, Republic of EstoniaTwo young women in traditional dress, with a great deal of silver jewellery round their necks, Republic of Estonia. Date: 1922
Page of Victorian adverts - November 1895A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News dated November 1895. November 1895
Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (69 BC-30BC). Cleopatra represented herself as the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Date: circa 1910s
Sutton Hoo Treasure. Purse lid. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Gifts to Princess Mary on her wedding, 1922A sapphire galaxy: royal and other gifts to Princess Mary on her wedding to Viscount Lascelles in February 1922. Most of the royal gifts of jewellery contained sapphires
Women of the Ouled Nails - Dancers and Musicians. Date: circa 1910
Member of the Meru Tribe - Kenya, East AfricaMemeber of the Meru Tribe - Kenya, East Africa. Both men and women of this region stretch their ears, although today more women than men follow the practice
Jeweller and Antique Silver Dealer - Arthur & Co. 36 New Bond Street, London. Now Delvaux - a high end handbag shop, thankfully retaining many of the period frontage feature depicted here. Date: 1906
Pathan Dancing Girls, Peshawar, Pakistan - NWFP (North West Frontier Province).. Date: circa 1909
High Caste Brahmin woman, India. Date: circa 1890s
Aryan Types / Woman / PostcdDeutscher Blutadel in aller Welt - German noble-blood throughout the world : the ideal German woman is blonde, blue-eyed, simply dressed without jewellery or cosmetics
Royal Navy, HMS Rodney itemsMILITARIA, ROYAL NAVY: HMS Rodney items, rum measure, copper ashtray, caddy spoon, oval dish, sweetheart pendant, Vesta case and good luck horseshoe, framed
A Whitby Jet Stall Victorian period
Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1873, by Raimundo de MadrazoAdelina Patti (1843-1919). Italian Soprano. Portrait by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), 1873. History Museum. Madrid. Spain
In the Courtyard, 1893, by Ricardo de Madrazo y GarretaRicardo de Madrazo y Garreta (1851-1917). Spanish painter. In the Courtyard, 1893. History Museum. Madrid. Spain