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Holy Roman Emperor - wearing the Imperial CrownThe Holy Roman Emperor - wearing the Imperial Crown and holding an orb and sceptre. Durer depicted Charlemagne in a similar pose and with similar decorations and attire
London Trade Card - Peter de la Fontaine, Goldsmith, at the Golden Cup, Litchfield Street, Soho. 18th century
WW1 - Portrait postcard of King George V and Queen MaryWW1 - Christmas greetings postcard from King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953). The card bears a printed handwritten Christmas Greetings message on the reverse directed to serving
Gold etruscan jewelry. 400-350 BCGold etruscan jewelry: Funerary wreath with ivy leaves, pendant engraved depicting a woman and two men sitting around a bowl, earrings and necklace. 400-350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia
Gold etruscan jewelry. 350-300 BCGold etruscan jewelry. Rings. 350-300 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Harem Girl / WoofScantily clad harem girl, in a headdress & harem pants, sits demurely on a leopard skin rug while she admires her jewellery. Date: 1950s
Queen Anne / GuchtQUEEN ANNE Reigned from 1702 Date: 1665 - 1714
Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary 1911Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary consort, George V wearing the Imperial State Crown, and Royal Purple Robe of State
The artists wife in Renaissance dress by Fortunino MataniaEllen Jane Goldsack, known as Goldie, second wife of the Italian artist, Fortunino Matania painted wearing a sumptuous Renaissance dress and holding a prayer book in one hand
Excavated objects at Palace of the Youssoupof, MoscowDelegates of the Soviet government carrying out an inventory on the collection of precious objects unearthed at the Palace of the Youssoupof (which housed a military history museum)
Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603Dress of the reign of Henry VIII, 1509-1547.. She wears a purple hat decorated with jewels and feathers, a red dress with puffed and slit sleeves, lace collar and cuffs
Gold nose ring. Chibcha art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum
Eagle-shaped Visigothic fibula, 6th century. Bronze and glass paste by the cloisonn頴 echnique. Comes from Alovera (Guadalajara). Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)
Scythian shieldThe Battersea Shield. 350 -50 BC. Celtic art. Jewelry. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. GREATER LONDON. London
Helmet of King Meskalamdug. Sumerian artGold helmet of King Meskalamdug. ca. 2400 BC. Sumerian art. Jewelry. IRAQ. Bagdad. Baghdad Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur
Mabel Grey, Victorian courtesanMabel Grey (real name Annie King), Victorian courtesan in London, late 1860s to early 1870s. Date: circa late 1860s
Society ladies at the Jewels of Empire BallThree of the ladies at the Jewels of Empire Ball, held in June 1935 at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Over 3 million pounds worth of jewels were worn in the shape of bracelets, tiaras, necklaces
The royal regalia of the RomanoffsThe Russian state jewels acquired by an English syndicate and sold at Christies Auction Rooms. The regalia shown are: the nuptial crown, a magnificent brooch, a green jasper snuff box
Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June, 1953. Date: 1953
Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hatThe traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)
Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna - wife of Tsar Alexander IIITsaritsa Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark, wife of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain
Portrait of King James I, by John de Critz the ElderHalf length portrait of King James I, by John de Critz the Elder (c.1552-1642)
Gold mask. Pre-Columbian art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum. Proc: COLOMBIA. Inza. Archaeological park of Tierradentro. Alto de San Andr鳮
Crown for Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), Coronation 19The crown for Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI, to wear at the 1937 Coronation based on a Victorian circlet and including the Koh-i-Noor diamond
Royal wedding 1863 - Wedding gifts to the brideWedding gifts to Princess Alexandra of Denmark(1844-1925)on her marriage to Edward VII, at that time the Prince of Wales.The jewellery was crafted by Garrard
Royal Wedding 1923 - wedding presentsKing George V and Queen Marys gifts to the Duke and Duchess of York on the occasion of their marriage on 26 April 1923. They include a necklace from Queen Alexandra
Royal wedding 1893 - presentsJewellery given as wedding gifts on the occasion of the marriage of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) to Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)
Coronation 1953, Illustrated London News front coverSecondary front cover of the ILN featuring a photograph of the soon-to-be crowned Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by crowns, orb, sceptre and other ceremonial paraphenalia. Date: 1953
Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh - Paris, 1948Queen Elizabeth II, when Princess Elizabeth, pictured with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the Paris Opera House in May 1948. Date: 1948
Music sheet cover for The Alexandra March
Claudian by Henry Herman & W. G. WillsClaudian by Henry Herman (1832 - 1894) and W.G. (William Gorman) Wills (28 January 1828 13 December 1891). First produced at the Princesss Theatre in London on 6th December 1883
The Aga Khan and the Begum Aga Khan. Andr饠 Jos鰨 ine Carron married Aga Khan III in December 1929 and together they had one son, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. The couple divorced in 1943
The Crown of the RomanoffsPhotograph of the Romanov crown, 1927. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson and Woods auction house that year. 1927
Ancient Egyptian pectoral from Tutankhamuns tombA pectoral from the tomb of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC). It is composed of a winged scarab, flanked by the goddesses Nephtys (left) and Isis (right) kneeling. Date: circa 1925
Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by GranichstaedtenMusic cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)
Association of Diamond Merchants Jewellers 1893An assortment of elegant and inexpensive novelty Victorian jewellery. Special old gold and silver and precious stones taken in exchange or bought for cash
The Royal Crown of Hungary and The Iron Crown1. The Royal Crown of Hungary. 2. The Iron Crown. Date: circa 12th century
Sword of Charlemagne - Crown of Empress ConstanceCeremonial 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 Crown1. 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
Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIIIJane Seymour (1509-1537), third wife of King Henry VIII, mother of King Edward VI. 16th century
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy (1873-1952). (2/2) Date: circa 1904
Four royal crowns on four Victorian scraps -- France, Belgium, Portugal and Greece. circa 1890s
The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599, by Juan PJuan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608). Spanish painter. The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Madame Pompadour (1721-1764). Portrait by Francois Boucher (Francois Boucher (1703-1770). French painter. Madame Pompadour, 1758. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Roman jewellery. 1st-4th century ADRoman jewellery of the Imperial Age. 1st-4th century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Etruscan painted antefix with shaped head of woman. 520-500Etruscan painted antefix with shaped head of woman with earrings. 520-500 BC. From Cerveteri. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Aristocratic Dress C18ThFontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed with lace & jewels, over-skirts anticipate the polonaise of the late C18th. N.B handscreen & face patches Date: 1700 - 1707
Imperial State Crown of George III, was crowned 1761Imperial State Crown that George III was crowned, on September 1761, with fleur-de-lis and cross-patee and crosses encrusted with gems, enricheded with 2621 jewels