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African Jewelry
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Chinese Jewelry
Chinese jewelry was worn by both sexes for traditional practises, cultural beliefs and to show both wealth, social hierarchy and nobility. The deceased were often buried decorated in jewelry, religious amulets and other decorative items. This was the same with rulers and high officials who were also buried with jade artifacts to protect them in the afterlife. -
Victorian Jewelry
Popular jewelry styles of the period were both elaborate and intricate, forming ornate arrangements such as 'chandelier' style earrings, rivière necklaces' with their "flowing river" of diamonds, and multi-strand festoons or three-strand en esclavage necklaces' forming swagged concentric rings. In keeping with the excesses of the times, diamonds were a favorite gemstone of the early Georgian Era. Gemstones were used in ornate repoussé settings, forming a raised metal pattern by working from the -
Graff- Jewelry designer
London jewelry designer, Graff only works with the rarest and highest quality diamonds. -
Dinosaur designs
Started of making clothes and now creating all types of jewe;ry -
Greek jewelry 1400 BC
Greek Jewelry History The Greeks started using gold and gems in their gold jewelry in 1,400 BC, although beads shaped as shells and animals were produced in much earlier. By 300 BC, the Greeks had mastered making colored gold jewelry and using amethysts, pearl and emeralds. -
Roman Jewels-BC
Every piece of Jewelry made in Rome holds very specific symbols resulting around cultural beliefs or famous events of the past that had some impact on how the Romans lives were later spent. Much of the Jewelry was made out of precious gemstones that the Romans were able to gather over time due to strnuous amounts of trade. -
Aboriginal Jewelry BC
Necklace making is a traditional part of Aboriginal culture and each stage plays an integral part from seed collection to wearing necklaces during ceremonies. (worn by both woman and men) -
Mesopotamia Jewelry 2600BC
Around 3000 B.C.E. jewelry making had become a big business in the cities of Akkad and Sumer. Most of the archaeological evidence comes from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. While many burials were unearthed, tombs for the Kings contained a multitude of artifacts in gold, silver and precious stones. Items such as crowns made of lapis lazuli embellished with gold figurines, jewel headed pins and close fitting collars.
Jewelry was made of gold leaf set with a high number of highly colored stones (such a -
Fijian Jewels
Design replicating the gates at the Outshining Brightness Temple at Adidam Samrajashram in Fiji. A current Murti photo of Avatar Adi Da Samraj is included. -
African Jewelry BC
Handcrafted works from Africa have evolved through time and taken on many elaborate forms. -
New Zealand Jewels
New Zealand Jewelry and Pendants have been around for as long as the Maori people can be traced back to. Each pendant symbolises a significant sign or meaning. -
Egyptian Jewelry 3000BC
Egyptian craftsmen used enormous amounts of gold in a varitie of ways.To plate wood and stone, solid casting it into small statuary, hammering and cutting sheets of it into elements of religious and ceremonial furniture and funerary equipment. -
Persian Jewels
Every artifact of jewelry accessory that was found was discovered in the tombs, from brooches to appliques, bracelets, clasps, earrings, belts, pendants and rings. Many of the bejeweled artifacts were festooned with gemstones from distant locations showing the Persians had a good trade system. -
Columbian Jewelry History
All pre-Columbian cultures were polytheistic, and all practised in some form of paganism. A recurring theme in their crafts was the use of anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and plant-like imagery in their art, glyph-carvings, pottery and jewelry. -
Tiffany and Co
Tiffany and Co is world renowned for its amazing and articulately designed jewelry and the prices they are bestowed with. -
Valeska
Valeska’s distinctive jewelry embodies four symbols which are used to represent Unity, Strength, Friendship and Eternity. Striving to empower women every day, the VALESKA symbols are designed to remind the modern woman to maintain a balance in their busy lives, while still looking glamourous. All the jewelry is handmade in Sydney.
