Gold pendant necklace with enamel mounts, inscribed "‘al-‘Izz al-Da’im’ (perpetual glory)", 6th century AH (12th century AD)
from The Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
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Julia deVille Bird Wing Brooch
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Wrist/bracelet size.
Help my boyfriend out if you have a second and a tape measure! Measure around where you wear bracelets, right up against the skin, even if you prefer looser bracelets. If in doubt, round up.
He is trying to get an idea of what sizes are most common (so he needs mode, not median) for stock premade, while still planning designs that can be scaled evenly down or up so that notably smaller- or larger-than-average people don't get left out.
Please boost this. As many results as possible will really help!
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Instagram.com/gemgossip
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necklace by hajime kimata, 1983 in twentieth-century jewelry - barbara cartlidge (1985)
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Jewelry box by Rosa De Weerd
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Can't touch grass because there's still tons of snow here, so floral motifs on sea pottery pieces as a therapy (things here are extra crazy these days). Crabapple blossom and reed bed
Both available
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sorry to "Earring (one of a pair)" at the Met Museum, but I desaturated you a little bit. mostly because, unlike herodotus's indian ants, I do not have free and easy access to gold.
mine on the left, argentium and pearls. the original on the right, gold and pearls.
(the other one of the pair is not pictured due to me not having made it yet.)
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Christian Dior Victorian-Style Choker
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A pair of glass earrings, Egypt, about 1400–1295 BC
from The Art Institute of Chicago
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Rhinestone Inlaid Five Finger Ring Bracelet @ ArtGalleryZen
coupon code (30% off): velvetcloak8
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Skull Necklace
Aztec, Late Postclassic, 1200-1520 CE
The impressive motif of this necklace is presented by 18 nearly identical carved shell beads in the shape of skulls, separated from one another by simple disk spacer beads. All were carved from thick shell that has been identified as Spondylus, possibly Spondylus princeps.
The symbolism of this necklace plays with two concepts: the fertile waters of the home of the shell and the fertility ensured by human sacrifice. The carved beads suggest the dry, bleached crania of sacrificial victims as they were displayed in the temple complex on the public skull rack (tzompantli in Nahuatl). The cord passing through the skulls mimics the way in which skulls were arrayed on wooden poles on the rack. Life and death are thus interlinked and dependent on each other.
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