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 Disk-and-Pendant Earring with Eros](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/RS423110_PS4_57.1496_DD_AT19_3588%202-hpr.jpg)
Disk-and-Pendant Earring with Eros
![Image for Necklace with Clasp of Two Bull Heads](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS4_57.598_DD_AT19_3588%201-tms.jpg)
Necklace with Clasp of Two Bull Heads
![Image for Scarab with a Hawk-Headed Figure Set in a Swivel Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_42.151_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Scarab with a Hawk-Headed Figure Set in a Swivel Ring
![Image for Pair of Hoop Earrings with Lion's Head](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_57.581-582_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg)
Pair of Hoop Earrings with Lion's Head
![Image for Pair of Bracelets with Antelope-Heads](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL1_57.2021-2022_Gp_TR_T88II.jpg)
Pair of Bracelets with Antelope-Heads
![Image for Pair of Earrings with Eros](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_57.1498-1499_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg)
Pair of Earrings with Eros
![Image for Tetradrachm of Carthage in a Modern Tie Pin](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS1_59.699_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg)
Tetradrachm of Carthage in a Modern Tie Pin
![Image for Intaglio with Bust of a Ptolemaic Queen Set in a Mount](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS3_42.1339_Fnt_DD_T15.jpg)