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.
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.
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This exquisitely illustrated book presents a wonderful selection of jewelry dating from the 2nd millennium B.C. to the early 20th century from the collection of The Walters Art Museum.
learn more![Image for Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.187_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring
![Image for Unfinished Ring with Flat Bead](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.188_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Unfinished Ring with Flat Bead
![Image for Two Rings with Lotus Flowers](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL1_57.1474-1475_Gp_TR_C79II.jpg)
Two Rings with Lotus Flowers
![Image for Spacer with Cartouche of Amenophis III](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.86_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Spacer with Cartouche of Amenophis III
![Image for Amulet with the Names of Amenophis III (1388-1351/1350 BCE) and Queen Tiye](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.67_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Amulet with the Names of Amenophis III (1388-1351/1350 BCE) and Queen Tiye
![Image for Seal Ring with the Name of Akhenaten](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.201_Top_DD_RS2009_bezel.jpg)
Seal Ring with the Name of Akhenaten
![Image for Signet Ring with Name of King Akhenaten](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS1_57.1471_3Qtr_DD_T06.jpg)
Signet Ring with Name of King Akhenaten
![Image for Heart Scarab with Deceased Adoring Osiris](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.83_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg)