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Jewelry
The array of exquisite jewelry at the Walters Art Museum represents an enormous range of periods, regions, artistic and stylistic developments and materials. The collection includes many pieces purchased by Henry Walters, as well as extensive donations by museum supporters including Henry Walters’ niece Laura Delano and New York gemologist Benjamin Zucker.
Signature objects include a magnificent pair of gold bracelets encrusted with precious stones and multicolored enamel inlay discovered in a tomb in Olbia, in present-day Ukrane, and dating to the 1st century B.C.; a pair of eagle fibulae from 6th-century Visigothic Spain; and an iris corsage ornament by Tiffany & Co. decorated with 139 sapphires and other gems that was a grand prize winner at the 1900 Paris Exposition universelle.
| "Baule" Earring | Title |
| 6th-5th century BC (Archaic-Classical) | Period |
| 57.412 | Accession |
| earring, etruscan, gold, italy | Tags |
| "Baule" Shaped Earring with Human and Bull Heads | Title |
| 6th-5th century BC (Archaic-Classical) | Period |
| 57.411 | Accession |
| jewelry, etruscan, gold, bull, ring, silver | Tags |
| "La Source" Pendant and Necklace | Title |
| ca. 1902 | Period |
| 57.941 | Accession |
| french, jewelry, nouveau, woman, flowers, grace, amber, games, buddha, miners, nudes, flower, necklace, pendant, lalique, enamel | Tags |
| "Memento Mori" Ring | Title |
| ca. 1600 (Baroque) | Period |
| 44.478 | Accession |
| death | Tags |
| "Papal" Ring | Title |
| 1408-1431 (Renaissance) | Period |
| 54.434 | Accession |
| turner | Tags |
| "Shrine" Type Ring, Perhaps Referring to the Holy Sepulchre | Title |
| 6th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 54.2852 | Accession |
| A Pair of Lion Terminals from an Armlet | Title |
| ca. 9th-8th century BC | Period |
| 57.1558 | Accession |
| lion, creature | Tags |
| Aegis with the Head of Sekhmet | Title |
| ca. 945-715 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-23rd Dynasty) | Period |
| 57.540 | Accession |
| aegis, gold, creature, artwork, smallobjects | Tags |
| Amphibian Pendant | Title |
| ca. 800-1500 (Pre-Colombian) | Period |
| 57.301 | Accession |
| ancient, americas, gold, panama, sculpture, southamerica, pendant, jewelry, frog, crocodile, shark, iguana, ancientamericas, ancientamerica, centralamerica, pre-columbian, chiriqui | Tags |
| Amulet | Title |
| 1200-736 BCE (New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate Period) | Period |
| 42.195 | Accession |
| Amulet of Horus the Child | Title |
| 1550-1069 BC (New Kingdom (?)) | Period |
| 48.1596 | Accession |
| blue | Tags |
| Amulet with the Evil Eye and the Holy Rider | Title |
| 5th-6th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 54.2628 | Accession |
| Amulet with the Names of Amenophis III (1388-1351/1350 BCE) and Queen Tiye | Title |
| 1388-1351 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18) | Period |
| 42.67 | Accession |
| god, eroded, royal | Tags |
| Amulet- Pendant, Nephthys | Title |
| 1550-730 BC (New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period) | Period |
| 57.1478 | Accession |
| game | Tags |
| Amulet-Pendant of Nephthys | Title |
| 6th-4th century BC | Period |
| 48.1705 | Accession |
| Amulet-Pendant, of Nephthys | Title |
| 6th-4th century BC | Period |
| 48.1702 | Accession |
| blue | Tags |
| Amulet-pendant, Squatting Figure of Falcon Headed God. | Title |
| 1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom) | Period |
| 42.348 | Accession |
| Amuletic Brooch | Title |
| 13th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.1987 | Accession |
| medieval, annular, brooch, jewelry, amulet | Tags |
| Amuletic Brooch | Title |
| 13th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.1988 | Accession |
| jewelry, amulet | Tags |
| Amun | Title |
| 1070-664 BC (Third Intermediate Period) | Period |
| 57.1422 | Accession |
| Amun | Title |
| 1070-664 BCE (Third Intermediate Period) | Period |
| 57.1978 | Accession |
| Amun-Re | Title |
| ca. 945-715 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 22nd dynasty) | Period |
| 57.1417 | Accession |
| statue, horus | Tags |
| Anti-Slavery Cameo | Title |
| 1787 | Period |
| 48.2597 | Accession |
| abolitionist, jasperware, gold, anti-slave, black, chains, slavery, african-american, wedgwood, thankgod, encountering, smallobjects, strikeapose, africanancestryineuropeanart | Tags |
| Apis Bull | Title |
| 664-332 BC (Late Period) | Period |
| 48.1649 | Accession |
| creature, amulets, loop, holy, bull, apis, glaze , green, egyptian | Tags |
| Apis Bull | Title |
| 4th-3rd century BC (early Ptolemaic) | Period |
| 57.1477 | Accession |
| Archaeological-Style Necklace with Emperor and Deities | Title |
| late 19th-early 20th century | Period |
| 57.1535 | Accession |
| castellani, ancient, jewelry, gold, cabochon | Tags |
| Archaeological-Style Necklace with Intaglios | Title |
| late 19th-early 20th century | Period |
| 57.1534 | Accession |
| castellani, gold, ancient, cabochon | Tags |
| Archaeological-Style Necklace with Intaglios | Title |
| late 19th-early 20th century | Period |
| 57.1533 | Accession |
| castellani, gold, cabochon | Tags |
| Archer's Thumb Ring | Title |
| 17th century (Early Modern) | Period |
| 42.1471 | Accession |
| tothehunt, spanningempires | Tags |
| Arm Ring | Title |
| 9th-11th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.466 | Accession |
| viking, bracelet, gold, banana, jewelry | Tags |
| Arm Ring | Title |
| 9th-11th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.467 | Accession |
| viking, serbia, bracelet, narukvica, sparta, laconic, jewelry | Tags |
| Ba Bird | Title |
| 3rd century BC (early Ptolemaic) | Period |
| 57.1472 | Accession |
| amulet, egyptian, falcon, gold, winged, fire, phonewallpapers | Tags |
| Badge of the Order of Santiago de Compostela | Title |
| 1670-79 (Baroque) | Period |
| 44.592 | Accession |
| spain, green, earing | Tags |
| Bangle Bracelet | Title |
| 1860-1869 | Period |
| 57.2142 | Accession |
| pipe, enamel, gold, diamonds, pelican, bird, christian, lousiana, confederate, baby | Tags |
| Bangle Bracelet | Title |
| ca. 1850 | Period |
| 57.2143 | Accession |
| antiquity, banquet, jewelry, enamel, gold | Tags |
| Basket Earring | Title |
| late 6th-7th century (Early Medieval) | Period |
| 57.476 | Accession |
| pearls, price, jewelry | Tags |
| Basket Earring | Title |
| late 6th-7th century (Early Medieval) | Period |
| 57.475 | Accession |
| Basket Earring | Title |
| 7th century (Early Medieval) | Period |
| 57.1662 | Accession |
| visigothic, sdesmv | Tags |
| Bead from a Necklace | Title |
| 12th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.1874 | Accession |
| Bead from a Necklace | Title |
| 12th century (Medieval) | Period |
| 57.1873 | Accession |
| 151 | Tags |
| Beads of Various Sizes | Title |
| 5th-4th century BCE (?) (Late Period) | Period |
| 42.358 | Accession |
| old, egypt, jewelry | Tags |
| Bear Chain-Holder | Title |
| 1st century CE | Period |
| 57.1849 | Accession |
| sarmatian | Tags |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| late 6th century-7th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 54.2332 | Accession |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| 4th century | Period |
| 54.2346 | Accession |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| late 6th-7th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 57.545 | Accession |
| meninart, smallobjects, 57545, byzvir | Tags |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| 6th-7th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 57.1891 | Accession |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| 7th century (Early Medieval) | Period |
| 54.2343 | Accession |
| belt, buckle, creature | Tags |
| Belt Buckle | Title |
| 5th century (Early Medieval) | Period |
| VO.100 (57.661, 57.664) | Accession |
| Belt Buckle of a Parure | Title |
| ca. 1835 | Period |
| 57.1931 | Accession |
| Belt Buckle with a Lion and Scrolls | Title |
| 6th century (Late Antique) | Period |
| 54.2330 | Accession |
| byzantine, 6th, buckle, belt | Tags |