Jewels Collection (page 3)

Society women in their jewels
Page from The Sketch featuring a number of ladies of nobility wearing pearl necklaces, tiaras and other family jewels. 1. Lady Gooch, 2. Lady St. Oswald in a splendid dog collar, 3

Marquis of Anglesey in costume
Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, aristocrat renowned for his eccentric love of theatre, pictured in a particularly flamboyant costume for a part in a production at his own theatre

Sketch cover, Marquise de Casa Maury (Paula Gellibrand)
Front cover of The Sketch featuring Paula Gellibrand, wife of the 1st Marquis de Casa Maury (1898-1986), socialite, pictured wearing a simple

Alma Stanley, Victorian actress in Spanish costume. late 19th century

Russian state jewels to be auctioned in London
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a sale of magnificent jewellery forming part of the Russian state jewels, which were auctioned at Christies in 1927

The ancient Necklace of Melos, a gold necklace with seed-like pendants (330-300BC). BCE

Pectoral Ornament of Ancient Greece. 1906

Miss Stepney in Malay Costume, with details of jewellery. 1906

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery - Lotus Pendant, Hawk
Enamelled Ancient Egyptian Jewellery - Lotus Pendant, Hawk. BCE

Fifty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, ring and bracelet in diamond, pearl, opal, sapphire and emerald. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Thirty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, rin, and bracelet in diamond, opal, pearl and sapphire. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Five guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, locket and chain in pearl, diamond, gold, enamel. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Isabelle de Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI. In her wedding dress, aged 14, 1385. She wears a tall headdress with diadem, royal mantle over a sur cotte dress all decorated with gold

Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, 1358-1417
Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1358-1417. In a crown of jewels, hair in plaits

Louise of Lorraine, wife of King Henry III of France, 1534-1601. She wears a small cap headdress, upright lace collar, surtout decorated with pearls and jewels, fur sleeves

Marguerite de Navarre, sister of King Francis I, 1492-1549. (Titled Margurite de Valois in error.) She wears a cap of ribbons decorated with jewels and pearls

Eleanor of Austria, second wife of King Francis I, 1498-1558. She wears a Spanish net cap, hair parted in the centre and plaited over the ears in oreillettes, slashed sleeves with ermine trim

Queen Claude, first wife of King Francis I, 1499-1524. She wears a rich chaperon headdress, velvet robe with fur sleeves, open at the front to reveal a rich skirt

Jacqueline de la Grange in escoffion and armorial robe
Jacqueline de la Grange, wife of Jean de Montagu, Grand Minister of France under Charles VI. She wears an escoffion hat with veil

ILN cover - Golden head-dress of Queen Shub-ad
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing a photograph of a reconstruction of a 5000 year-old head dress found at Ur, Iraq, in the royal Graves at Ur excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. 1928

Music cover, Golconda Waltz, by Popplewell Royle. Date: late 19th century

Music cover, Ruby by P Bucalossi
Music cover, Ruby, a Waltz by P Bucalossi

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

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

Tatler front cover with model wearing Cartier necklace
Tatler front cover with model wearing diamond and sapphire Cartier necklace, priced at 13, 430 (in 1962) Date: 1962

Tatler cover Clothes for the Dog You Lead 1961
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model in a white mink coat from Bradleys and a diamond tiara by Richard Ogden. All other jewellery from Harrods. Date: 1961

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Sea Dayak woman weaving, Borneo, SE Asia
A Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume weaving on a frame, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (2 of 2) Date: 1922

Sea Dayak woman making thread, Borneo, SE Asia
A Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume making thread, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Sea Dayak family, Borneo, SE Asia
Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban family in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). 1922

Young Sea Dayak or Iban woman, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume made of brass and silver, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Jewish woman of Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. 1922

Three women of Algeria, North Africa, in jewelled costumes, lighting a cigarette. Date: 1922

Afghan woman, Afghanistan. Date: 1922

Jewellery gifts from King Alfonso
310, 000 pesetas (16, 000) worth of wedding presents: King Alfonsos and Queen Maria Christinas presents to the bride, Princess Ena (Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg)

Boat with flowers on a German greetings card. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

King George V in coronation robes, holding the orb and sceptre. Date: 1911

The Prince of Wales Crown
circa 1910s

Ginerva Bentivoglio by Ercole Roberti
Profile portrait on wood of Ginerva Bentivoglio by Ercole Roberti (c.1456-1496). Date: circa 1480

Jewel House at Tower of London
Crown Jewels were housed in the Martin Tower from 1669 until 1843

MINING EMERALDS 1820
Emeralds being mined by convicts in Muzo, Colombia. Date: 1820

Advert for Parisian Diamond Company 1886
Selection of womens finest jewellery in diamonds and pearl designs. Date: 1896

Wax figures in the Abbey
The effigies - life-sized figures made of wax and wood, and lavishly dressed in robes and jewels - were often carried during funeral processions

For Love and the King, by C Watson Mill, Mansfield
For Love and the King, by C Watson Mill, at the Grand Theatre, Mansfield. 1909

Anne Croft in The Chocolate Soldier by Stanislaus Stange with music by Straus. Photograph of Anne Croft who played the part of Nadina. For the revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 31st March 1932

A diamond tiara belonging to the Romanov dynasty
Diamond tiara, once belonging to the Empress Marie Fedorovna. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927

The brooch of the Romanoffs
Brooch which had once owned to the Russian royal family. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie, Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927

Ancient Egyptian jewellery from Tutankhamuns tomb
Ear-ornaments from the tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

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