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 67 – Full-Length Funerary Shroud Of A Young Girl Wearing Gold Jewellery: A Stucco Neck-Torque And Pairs Of Stucco Bracelets And Anklets; Long Gem-Set Earrings And A Gem-Set Ring. Fayum Mummy Portrait From Antinoopolis, Egypt, c.280 – 350 AD
c.280 – 350 AD – Full-Length Funerary Shroud Of A Young Girl Wearing Gold Jewellery: A Stucco Neck-Torque And Pairs Of Stucco Bracelets And Anklets; Long Gem-Set Earrings And A Gem-Set Ring.
From Antinoopolis, Egypt
Manchester Museum, UK
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 170 – Portrait Of The 1 Year Old ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ Wearing Bodice And Waist Amulets, Gem-Set Rings And A Bracelet, And Holding A Coral Teething Stem. By Juan Pantoja De La Cruz, 1602
Fig 170 – 1602 Portrait of the ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ – depicting the 1 year old daughter of King Philip III of Spain wearing amulets: a jewelled cross, a crystal memento box and a heart pendant adorn her bodice; an animal foot, a higa, a spherical pomander, a bell and a horn are hung from her waist; she holds a diamond-shaped teething stem set with a branch of coral. In addition, she wears three jewelled rings on each hand and a jewelled bracelet on her left wrist.
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish
Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, Madrid
Fig 203 – Portrait Of The 2 Year Old ‘Clarice Strozzi’ Wearing A Gem-Set Gold Pendant, Pearl Necklace And Bracelet, Gem-Set Ring And A Jewelled Pomander Suspended From A Waist Girdle. By Titian, 1542
1542 – Portrait Of ‘Clarice Strozzi’- depicting the 2 year daughter of Roberto Strozzi and Maddalena dei Medici wearing: a gem-set gold pendant suspended from a chunky pearl necklace, a matching pearl bracelet, a delicate gem-set ring, and an elaborately jewelled gold pomander hung from a decorative waist girdle.
By Titian (Venetian)
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Fig 470 – The ‘My Fashion Collection: Beautiful Jewellery’ Kit Featuring A Plastic Flower-Shaped Box Containing; Plastic Hair Accessories, A Bracelet Of Beads On Pink Elastic And Heart-Shaped Earrings; And Plastic Beads, Clasps And Elastic Cord. By David Halsall Toys, 2000
Fig 470
2000 – The ‘My Fashion Collection: Beautiful Jewellery’ Kit – featuring a clear plastic flower-shaped box containing; plastic hair accessories, a bracelet of beads on pink elastic and heart-shaped earrings; plus a selection of plastic beads, clasps and elastic cord.
By David Halsall Toys, UK
From Buttercup’s Toyshop, Hammersmith, London
Image by Dr Sarah McAleer, N.Ireland