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Enamelled gold pendant after Raphael
The centre of this quatrefoil jewel is a blue-stained chalce…
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Engraved glass goblet
The goblet is made of clear glass with two gilded applied ba…
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Garter Insignia of the Earl of Northampton
This is the Garter Insignia of William Compton (1567/8-1630)…
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Gilded brass astrolabe, made by Humphrey Cole
The astrolabe is a multi-functional instrument which enables…
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Gilded silver brooch
This brooch was worn to fasten a cloak or mantle. The decora…
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Gilded silver brooch
This brooch is one of a pair that is said to be from the cem…
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Girdle prayer book
A girdle prayer book is a miniature prayer book enclosed wit…
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Glass 'betrothal' goblet
The bowl of this emerald-green 'betrothal' goblet has painte…
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Glass flask with a portrait of Henry VII, King of England
On one side of the flask is a portrait medallion of Henry VI…
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Glass goblet
This colourless soda glass goblet is enamelled and gilt on t…
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Glass tazza
This clear glass tazza, or footed bowl, has an armorial shie…
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Gold and enamel pendant brooch made by the jewellers Phillips Brothers
The two cobras flanking the agate and that on the loop show …
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Gold and enamel pendant reliquary
Three inscriptions identify the figures and history behind t…
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Gold and enamel reliquary cross
This superb small pendant is said to have been found on the …
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Gold and enamelled mourning ring
Jewellery, chiefly rings and lockets, is sometimes worn in m…
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Gold belt buckle
This buckle was among the very rich grave goods recovered in…
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Gold belt buckle, by the Maison Boucheron
Frédéric Boucheron established his celebrated jewellery work…
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Gold belt buckle from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
Like most Anglo-Saxons, the man who was buried at Sutton Hoo…
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Gold bracelet made by Giacinto Melillo
Giacinto Melillo (1846-1915) was an outstanding pupil of the…
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Gold bracteate
In southern Scandinavia bracteates occur mostly as single fi…
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Gold bracteate
This early and unique bracteate was a stray find made by a f…
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Gold breast chain
This body chain is the largest piece of jewellery to have su…
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Gold cased watch with lever escapement by Josiah Emery
Thomas Mudge's pioneering work in the 1750s and 1760s create…
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Gold hair ornament or brooch
The ornament is made from three-coloured gold set with diamo…
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Gold locket decorated with cloisonné enamel made by Alexis Falize
The arts of Japan and China proved to have an outstanding im…
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Gold mourning ring with a painted eye
Jewellery, chiefly rings and lockets, is sometimes worn in m…
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Gold necklace designed and made by Eugène Fontenay
Eugène Fontenay (1823-87) was one of the foremost goldsmiths…
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Gold necklace set with the heads of hummingbirds
'Novelty' jewellery in the nineteenth century referred to je…
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Gold pendant set with emeralds and diamonds
The back of the pendant is enamelled with a design of flower…
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Gold ring inscribed with the names Dromacius and Betta
The figures of a man and a woman are engraved on the square …
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Gold-mounted hardstone box by Johann Christian Neuber
Neuber (1736-1808) first practised in the workshop of his fa…
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Grave group from Artres
An assemblage of jewellery was found by a farmer under a sma…
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Grave group from Sutri
This group of objects includes most of the rich grave goods …
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Great square-headed brooch
This fine silver-gilt and niello brooch is perhaps the most …
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Green-glazed earthenware vase made by Théodore Deck
The second half of the nineteenth century was a time of grea…
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Hanging bowl from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
This once magnificent bronze hanging bowl is the largest of …
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Hat badge
This elaborate badge is made in embossed and chased gold rel…
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Helmet from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
The helmet has panels decorated with interlacing Style II an…
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Hessonite garnet intaglio set in a gold ring, engraved with the dog-star Sirius, by Johann Lorenz Natter
Intaglios are cut into the surface of the stone, using a lat…
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Icon of St George
This extraordinary icon was discovered in 1959 in the tiny v…
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Icon of St John the Baptist
In this compelling painting, St John gazes directly at the v…
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Icon of St Peter
This striking panel was discovered in a London restorer's st…
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Iron spear with inlaid ornament
This spear was found lying close to the right shoulder of a …
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Ivory figure of St Margaret of Antioch
This ivory figure of St Margaret shows her miraculous delive…
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Ivory finger ring
The bezel of the ring is inset with a minutely carved ivory …
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Iznik ewer, with English silver-gilt mounts
This tin-glazed earthenware tankard has been transformed int…
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Thomas Manderson
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was the son of the famous …
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Jasper portrait plaque of Dr Joseph Priestley, made by Josiah Wedgwood I and Thomas Bentley
Dr Priestley (1733-1804) was a nonconformist minister and sc…
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Jasper ware portrait plaque of Sir William Hamilton, by Josiah Wedgwood I and Thomas Bentley
Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) was the British Envoy to th…
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Longcase regulator by Thomas Earnshaw / Joseph Catherwood
From the middle of the eighteenth century a growing number o…
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Lovers' brooch
This gold ring brooch is set alternately with cabochon rubie…
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Maiolica salt cellar
This maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) salt cellar is signed…
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Mazer and cover
A mazer is a drinking bowl made of wood. Although used princ…
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Memorial ring commemorating Charles I
This gold ring has an oval bezel that opens to form a concea…
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Micromosaic brooch with the Lamb of God, made by the firm of Castellani
The brooch is made of glass and gold mosaic, set in enamelle…
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Miniature travelling clock by Thomas Tompion
This miniature travelling clock is one of Thomas Tompion's m…
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Minute repeating clock watch by Thomas Mudge
Thomas Mudge was one of the first chronometer makers in Engl…
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Nocturnal and Tide Predictor, made by Humphrey Cole
A nocturnal is an instrument that enables the user to determ…
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Pair of drinking horns
These drinking horns are made from the extremely large horns…
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Pair of ivory and silver-gilt covered cups
The mounting of carved ivory cylinders, or 'sleeves' in silv…
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Pair of oval brooches
This matching pair of gilt-bronze brooches was found in 1867…
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Plated disc brooch
Brooches of this class are termed 'plated' because a smaller…
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Porcelain dessert plate from the 'Kremlin Service' designed by Fedor Grigorievich Solntsev (1801-92)
Tsar Nicholas I (reigned 1825-55) himself instructed that th…
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Porcelain figure of King George III
In 1770 the Derby porcelain factory acquired the Chelsea por…
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Porcelain plate
The dark red ground of the plate is painted with Pompeian-st…
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Porcelain wine-cooler
This soft-paste porcelain wine-cooler for half-bottles ( sea…
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Presentation sword made for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
This sword was presented by Adolphus Frederick, 4th Duke of …
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Purse lid from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
Wealth, and its public display, was probably used to establi…
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