Fig 2 – Jewellery Grave Group Of ‘The La Madeleine Infant’ Containing The Prehistoric Skeleton Of A 5-7 Year Old Girl Wearing Animal Teeth And Snail Shell Jewellery. c.10000 – 8000 BC

The Prehistoric Jewellery Grave Group known as ‘The La Madeleine Infant’ in which the skeleton of a 5 – 7 year old girl is adorned in jewellery consisting of a head wreath, necklace, and pairs of elbow, wrist, knee and ankle bracelets made from animals’ teeth and snails’ shells. Found at La Madeleine in France and dating to c.10,000 – 8,000 BC.
La Madeleine, Dordogne, France
Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France

Fig 73 – Funerary Portrait And Full-Length Mummy Case Of A 7 – 10 Year Old Girl Known As ‘The Golden Girl’ Wearing Gold, Gem And Pearl Jewellery: A Hair Ornament, Earrings, Five Necklaces; Pairs Of Bracelets, Armlets And Anklets; And Three Gem-Set Rings.

c.125 – 150 AD – Fayum Portrait And Full-Length Mummy Case Of A 7 – 10 Year Old Girl Known As ‘The Golden Girl’ Wearing Gold Jewellery: A Pearl And Gem-Set Hair Ornament, Pearl Earrings, Five Pearl And Gem-Set Necklaces; Stucco-Relief Pairs Of Gem-Set Bracelets, Armlets And Anklets; And Three Gem-Set Rings. From Hawara, Egypt
Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Fig 216 – Portrait Of The 7 Year Old ‘Princess Elizabeth Stuart’ Lavishly Adorned In Pearl, Ruby And Diamond Jewellery, Including 20 Flower-Shaped Ruby Dress Jewels. By Robert Peake, 1603

1603 – Portrait of ‘Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth of Bohemia, ‘The Winter Queen’), 1596 -1662, aged seven’ depicting Elizabeth, the daughter of King James I of England wearing: bodkins of gems and pearls in her hair; black diamond drop earrings; a triple-stranded pearl and ruby choker; 20 gem-set bow- or flower-shaped ruby jewels adorn her gown; gem-set jewels adorn her right sleeve; a gem-set brooch suspended from a bow adorns her left sleeve
By Robert Peake, English
National Maritime Museum, London