Fig 61 – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ Wearing Three Leather Bulla Amulets And A Gold Signet Ring. Fayum Mummy Portrait From Er-Rubayat, Egypt, c.200 – 230 AD
c.200 – 230 AD – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ – depicting the Fayum Mummy Portrait of a young boy from Er-Rubayat in Egypt wearing: a black plaited leather necklace with three leather bulla amulets and a gold signet ring on his left hand.
From Er-Rubayat, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
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 463 – The ‘My Dream Princess Collection: Gift Set’ Featuring A Pink Plastic Jewelled Bag And Hair Comb; A Gold Plastic Jewelled Mirror, Pendant, Dangly Earrings And Cuff-Bracelet Decorated With Coloured Plastic Gems. By David Halsall Toys, 2000
Fig 463
2000 – The ‘My Dream Princess Collection: Gift Set’ – featuring a pink plastic bag with gold plastic jewelled handles And a pink plastic hair comb; a gold plastic jewelled mirror, pendant, dangly earrings and a cuff-bracelet all decorated with coloured plastic gems.
By David Halsall Toys, UK
From Madhouse Toyshop, Hammersmith, London
Image by Dr Sarah McAleer, N.Ireland