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 71 – ‘Funerary Portrait Of A Young Girl’ Wearing A Gold Hair Wreath, Earrings, Beaded Necklace And Clasp. Fayum Mummy Portrait From Hawara, Egypt, c.25 – 37 AD

c.1546 – Portrait of ‘Elizabeth I When A Princess’ – depicting the 13 year old daughter of King Henry VIII of England adorned in lavish jewellery: pearls and gems adorn the edges of her head-dress and neckline; a jewelled gold pendant with three hanging pearls is suspended from a beaded necklace of gold and pearls; a diamond-shaped brooch set with gems in a cross motif and three hanging pearls is pinned to her bodice; gems pin the slashes of her dress; an elaborate girdle of pearls, gems and gold adorns her waist; and she wears several gem-set gold rings on each hand.
Attributed to William Scrots, Flemish
The Royal Collection, England