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golden-bubblebee · 11 months

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I feel like ya'll would really enjoy the knowledge that anctient roman children used to run around wearing a bunch of lil' dick pendants

(They're called Fascinus and are amulets to protect the tiny ones from envy or the evil eye (mostly for male tiny ones) and when a pride chariot would go 'round they would also hang one there to protect the person they were cheering on from envy. The children would also carry lil' bags filled with these (and other amulets)

#history tumblr #ancient rome #fascinus #jewellery history

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memories-of-ancients · 4 months

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Gold swivel ring with amethyst frog, Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1229 BC

from Christies

#history #antiquities #art #ancient history #ancient art #jewelry #jewellery #ancient egypt

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theantonian · 3 months

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Greek Gold diadem with Hercules knot (250–150 BCE),

Gold, garnet, carnelian, sardonyx

3×9 1/8 in. (7.6 × 23.1 cm).

On loan to the Metropolitan Museum.

#greek art #ancient artifacts #ancient art #antiquities #antiquity #jewellery #archeology #met museum #art history #history #garnet #carnelian #sardonyx #heracles #hercules

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frostedmagnolias · 2 months

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Salamander pendant

late 16th century

Victoria and Albert Museum

#pendant #jewelry #jewellery #16th century #fashion history #1500s #frostedmagnolias

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the-most-sublime-fool · 3 months

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Lapel watch, USA, c. 1889, Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

#!!!! god this fucks!#vintage jewellery #vintage watches #timepieces #watches #historical fashion #fashion history #19th century fashion #19th century #victorian era #my post

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treasure-of-the-ancients · 1 year

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Gold posey ring inscribed "My Heart You Have/ And Yours I Crave" English, 17th-18th century

from Timeline Auctions

#history #antiquities #art #jewelry #jewellery

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jewellery-box · 4 months

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Box, ca. 1875, French

Made by the illustrious Parisian firm Falize, this trilobed box is decorated in the Persian taste with flowers and foliage enameled in deep red, green, dark and turquoise blue, and yellow on a white ground. The gold-rimmed lid is decorated with ogee-shaped lappets on a matte ground and edged with beading that recalls the eighteenth-century French tradition of finely crafted gold boxes.

The MET Museum

#victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion #fashion history #historical fashion #19th century #jewellery #jewelry

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lionofchaeronea · 9 months

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Ancient Greek ring depicting a dancing maenad. Artist unknown; 3rd or 2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.

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boylerpf · 2 months

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This lavishly decorated piece is a Byzantine bracelet dating from the 6th century. The Byzantines created complex and precious pieces, such as this bracelet, which is encrusted with expensive gemstones and pearls, demonstrating the wealth of the Byzantine empire.

The openwork technique, also called Opus interrasile (meaning ‘to scrape in between), is done by punching or piercing holes in the metal with a chisel or other sharp tool, resembling delicate, lace-like patterns.

Private Collection, North America

#jewelry #gold #jewellery #antique #antique jewelry #byzantine #gold bracelets #bracelet #jewerly #gemstone #ancient history #antiquity #6th century

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peashooter85 · 1 year

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