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Himba Girl - wearing head gear and jewellery. Kaokoland - Namibia - Africa
Princess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). Photograph taken in 1893, when she was Duchess of York. Date: 1893
Good luck charms from J. C. Vickery, WW1Advertisement displaying three types of lucky charm or good luck mascots available from J. C. Vickery of Regent Street, London, jewellers to Their Majesties
Cartier advertisement, 1911Advertisement for the jeweller s, Cartier, showing their premises on fashionable New Bond Street in 1911. Date: 1911
Bhutanese woman, Bhutan, South Asia. Date: circa 1890s
Group of Nautch women, India. Date: circa 1890s
Advert for Wilson & Gill jewellery 1913Elegant womens jewellery. Date: 1913
Advert for Ciro jewellery 1930An advert for Ciro Pearls Ltd located at Regent Street, Old Bond Street and Cheapside in London. The advertised jewellery features Ciro diamonds, with emeralds, rubies and sappires. 1930
Lady from Nepal in traditional costume with a vast array of bangles, necklaces, rings and other adornments. Date: circa 1910s
South Africa - Queen of the PondosSouth Africa - The Queen of the Pondos. The Pondo or Phondo are a Xhosa speaking ethnic group who have given their name to Pondoland
A Tunisian Arab Woman spinning wool using a hand spindle Date: 1908
Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Alexander of Teck (1883-1981). Date: circa 1905
Dinka Man with elaborate head and neck decoration - Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s
Syrian Jewish Woman. Date: circa 1907
Design for Textile with colourful feathers. Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1926
Sapphire Buddha pin less then two centimetres tall. Sapphie is so hard it would have needed something as hard or harder to shape it, most probably another Sapphire
Baltic amber ringA ring containing a long-legged fly Diptera: Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Amber specimen dates from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old
Karachi FrogWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Oyster shell with pearlOyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell
A Mapuche WomanMapuche Woman chief or leader (Cacique). The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina
RAF Per Ardua Ad Astra badge and broochA Royal Air Force badge bearing the Latin motto Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Adversity to the Stars), turned into a brooch by the addition of a bow and pin. Date: circa 1940s
Syrian Bedouin Women - Costume series (3 / 3)Costume styles of five Bedouin women. Only one is veiled, another plays the tamborine and another wears expansive golden circle jewellery as a headdress. Date: circa 1910s
Pola Negri as the Spanish DancerPOLA NEGRI (Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec) in 1924, Polish film actress who specialised in femme fatale roles in silent films
Adelaide Hall (1901-1993), American-born British jazz singer and entertainer, seen here in later life. She began her career on Broadway, New York, in 1921, and made her name in 1928
Character from Il Trovatore -- AzucenaDepiction of the character Azucena from Verdis grand opera Il Trovatore (The Troubador), first performed in Rome in 1853. The gipsy woman Azucena (a mezzo-soprano or contralto role)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (1 / 8)Croatia - Traditional National Costume (1/8) - Young woman standing on the seashore
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918), formerly Princess Alix of Hesse, married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 shortly before his accession to the throne
Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribeFour women and a young baby from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, a group of the Karenni people of Burma (Myanmar). Women of the various Kayan tribes identify themselves by their different form of dress
Moorish Woman - AlgeriaA stunning postcard depiction of a Moorish woman - leaning against a doorway in a fabulous floral print dress with headdress Date: 1908
Woman of the Berber Algerian tribe of Ouled NailWoman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing
Affluent Algerian Bedouin WomanAn affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman, her jewellery a brash show of visible wealth
Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer recliningA transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing
Sudanese Woman with Cowry Shell decorationSudanese Woman, wearing a fantastic decorated nosering, headdress made out of small white cowrie (cowry) shells and topped with large feathers. Her dress is also edged with small shells and beads
Nancy LeedsPrincess Anastasia of Greece, formerly Mrs W.B. Leeds, born Nonnie May Stewart. Nancy came from a wealthy family and had previously married well twice before
Essex ring auctioned at Christie sTwo views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time
Namaltoyan Girl - Apayao - PhilippinesNamaltoyan Girl - Apayao - Mountain Province, Philippines. Apayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon
Elderly Berber Women, AlgeriaBerber Golden Oldies - A group of elderly Algerian Berber Women, heavily wrapped up against the elements, but still displaying traditional costume and jewellery including large hooped earrings
Lady with Jewellery 1927An elegant lady shows off her jewellery: earrings, necklace, rings and bracelets
Young woman in fancy dress, Ealing, West LondonYoung woman (Lucy Auerbach, age 16) in fancy dress, with a British flag, in her garden at Ealing, West London. 1906
The Great Balas or Black Princes Ruby, referring to a gem in the British crown jewels, dating back to the 14th century. 19th century
Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewelleryUnusual Friends - Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery. 1950s
Fashionable jewels 1933Model wearing ornamental jewellery with time watch which fastens on top of the womens clothing by Ciro. 1933
Advert for Bensons jewellery 1893Novelty victorian jewellery for Christmas, with a secret or puzzle padlock, that you can ordered with personal letters to your bracelet. 1893
Orb of Tsar Boris Godunov of RussiaThe orb which belongs among a set of gifts, brought to Tsar Boris Godunov in 1604 by the Great Embassy of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
Fashionable jewellery 1912French decorative fashionable jewellery created by M. R Juclier in 1912. Date: 1912
Jane Renouardt (1890 1972), French actress, front cover photograph showing the latest craze by going stockingless. Date: 1914
Mrs Th. Petersen, nee Roepstorff, 1833, by Christen KobkeChristen Kobke (1810-1848). Danish painter. Portrait of Mrs Th. Petersen, nee Roepstorff, 1833. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Amber jewelry. Shop windowPoland. Gdansk. Amber jewelry. Shop window. St. Mary Street