Middle age jewelry

Earrings-Pendant, 7th c. (from the area of Lombard) Rome, National Museum of the Early Middle Ages. · ·

Jewelry was similar to clothing when it came to portraying rank and wealth. At the beginning of the Medieval era, the only people wealthy enough to afford jewels and fine metals were the nobility.…

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We have this false idea that the classical age was a time of restraint and good taste. Actually, of course, Greek and Roman statues and temples were painted bright colors, and everything else was as colorful as people could afford to make it. The best and gaudiest goldsmiths ever were the Greek masters, who were at their height between about 450 and 100 BC. This was a time of cultural blending, especially after Alexander's conquests, when Macedonian generals ruled from Afghanistan to Nubia…

Today, we’re exploring medieval jewelry as part of our series “Jewelry Through The Ages”, which is all about the history of jewelry and how it’s developed throughout time. The medieval period (5th to…

Ancient Greek diadem found in Ukraine ca 450 BC

#Hellblauer Aquamarin, 24,85 ct, Smaragdschliff 15,91 mal 15,72 mm http://www.schmuck-boerse.com/aquamarin/8/detail.htm