#designer gold jewellery

[thesilicontribesman]

'The Snettisham Great Torc', Iron Age Torc, The British Museum, London

This torc was discovered in 1950, in a field near the village of Snettisham. The site is on the north-west coast of Norfolk, overlooking the Wash.

This torc is one of the most elaborate golden objects from the ancient world. It is made from an alloy of gold, silver and copper, and weighs over 1 kg. The neck-ring is made from 64 wires in eight separate coils. The ends are elaborately decorated with swirling motifs.

The torc was probably buried around 50 BCE.

[massiveluxuryoverdose]

"Globe of Jewels"

It was made around 1869 by order of Nassereddin Shah. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 – 1896).

It made of 34kg of solid gold and more than 51,000 diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

[swordmaid]

brienne but she's wearing 1949 cocteau's beauty and the beast inspired fit!!! this is the inspo pic i used if ur curious.

gonna be posting more of this redesign thing (and also jaime's ver) some time in the future but i just wanted to share this one <3

[boylerpf]

The front of a diamond and conch pearl necklace, 1915s, designed in early Art Deco style, set with circular and oval conch pearls within old cut diamond surround, suspending pear cut- and briolette diamonds, mounted in platinum. Conch "pearls" are calcareous concretions produced by the Queen conch molliisk.

Collection David Morris

[thatshowthingstarted]

Attic gold earrings, Late Geometric Period, c. 750–725 B.C.

Larger: 1 7⁄8 in (4.7 cm)

Only a small number of related gold earrings dating to the Geometric period are known. All are thought to have been made in Attica, and due to the similarity of the granulation style seen on several contemporary plaques and earrings found at Eleusis, the production center has been assigned to an “Eleusis school” (see Higgins, op. cit., 1969, p. 148).

Composed of a stout rod, octagonal in section, coiled into a spiral and joined at one end to a large disk and at the other in a biconical element with a rectangular extension. The disk was once centered by an inlay, perhaps of either rock crystal, glass or amber, and the inlay collar is encircled by bands of granulation.

Framing the inlay is a broad band of double arcades in granulation, with further bands of granulation at the rim. The reverse has a web pattern at the join of the rod, while each end of the rod has granulated triangles and bands.

The biconical element has two opposing triangular cloisons, once inlaid, on the obverse, framed by a granulated meander pattern, with other granulated geometric ornament on the reverse. Both sides of the rectangular extension were also once inlaid.

Courtesy: Christie's

[of-fear-and-love]

Dragon's head money clip from Face/Off (1997)

[libertynstyle]

[gemville]

'Ōhi'a Lehua Pendant In 14k Yellow and Rose Gold With Greenland Rubies and Diamonds by Maui Divers

Photo Courtesy: Maui Divers

Source: jckonline.com

[girlsdressingrooms]

Catherine Elizabeth Cooke 

(May 5, 1924 – August 13, 2024)

Miss Cooke was an American designer principally known for her jewelry. She has been called "an icon within the tradition of modernist jewelry" and "a seminal figure in American Modernist studio jewelry".

Her pieces have been shown nationally and internationally and are included in a number of museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.

She is regarded as an important role model for other artists and craftspeople.

Rest in Power !

[jewelrydocument]

Bear jaw mask with 18k gold teeth by SPYLXN

Via @spylxn

[thesilicontribesman]

Clevedon Iron Age Gold Torc, Clevedon, Somerset 250-75BCE, The British Museum, London

Hollow, decorated torc terminal and twisted wires from a multi- strand torc. Found in the 19th century, these may be parts of the same torc.

The terminal is ornamented with raised crescents and pellets, defined by areas of basket-weave pattern, similar to the Sedgeford and Snettisham gold torcs.

[massiveluxuryoverdose]

‘Serpents’ corsage ornament by René Lalique, 1889-1900,

A pectoral composed of 9 serpents entwined to form a knot from which the bodies of the other eight fall in a cascade, with the ninth rising in the centre, at the top of the jewel.

Gold and Enamel work,

H. 21 cm; W. 14.3 cm 

Gulbenkian Museum

[ladelbarrio]

"Gemstone sun studs" by Dusa

[boylerpf]

Ruby and yellow diamond flower brooch...

Source - the House of Moussaieff

[thatshowthingstarted]

Bronze & Crystal Sword,

Warring States Period and Wudi Period of Han Dynasty (c. 4th-2nd century BC),

Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt.

Length 22.83 in / Width 3.15 in /

Collection & Credit: Cardale Auctioneers

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