Three Brothers Jewel A pendant in the form of three rectangles (each set with a BALAS RUBY (SPINEL), known as ‘The Three Brothers’) in triangular…

Tiffany & Co The leading American jewelry firm, founded in New York City in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) with John B. Young, the…

Art Nouveau jewellery The style of decoration current in the 1890s and early 1900s, the name being derived from a gallery for interior decoration opened…

Chilean jewelry is a pre-columbian jewelry made by the Araucanian Indians in Chile, who resisted the invading Spaniards and were not subdued until the late…

Ecuadorian jewelry Articles of pre-columbian jewelry, C. 250 BC AD 1500, made in Ecuador by the native Indians, especially, so far as is known today,…

Peruvian jewelry is a pre-Columbian culture. Articles of Peruvian jewelry made by the Indians of Peru from as early as the Chavin culture (c. 900…

Articles of native American jewelry, generally made of gold or tumbaga, but sometimes of jadeite (pre-columbian jade jewelry), in many indigenous forms and styles, by…

Colombian jewelry Articles of pre-columbian jewelry made in Colombia (which included the neighbouring region of Panama until 1903) by the various Indian tribes whose techniques…

Calima diadem A type of head-dress, called a ‘diadem’, in the form of a high (c. 28-35 cm), flat, cut-out ornament of hammered sheet gold…

Iranian Diamonds A countless number of diamonds in the Crown Jewels of Iran. They include a group of 23 diamonds studied in 1966 by Dr…