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.
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Pair of Earrings with the Head of an African
![Image for Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL7_71.609_Fnt_TR_C81IA-tms.jpg)
Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile
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Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile
![Image for Ring with Portrait of a Courtier](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/RS423103_PS4_57.1698_DD_AT19_3582%203-hpr.jpg)
Ring with Portrait of a Courtier
![Image for Intaglio with Achilles and Cheiron Set in a Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS1_42.1161_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg)
Intaglio with Achilles and Cheiron Set in a Ring
![Image for Intaglio with Bust of a Woman Set in a Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL2_42.1106_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg)
Intaglio with Bust of a Woman Set in a Ring
![Image for Intaglio with a Dancing Satyr Set in a Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL7_42.108_Fnt_BW_H50.jpg)
Intaglio with a Dancing Satyr Set in a Ring
![Image for Pair of Disk-and-Amphora Pendant Earrings](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_57.610-611_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg)
Pair of Disk-and-Amphora Pendant Earrings
![Image for Pair of Disk-and-Pyramid Pendant Earrings](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_57.1671-1672_Fnt_BW_T88.jpg)
Pair of Disk-and-Pyramid Pendant Earrings
![Image for Pair of Hoop Earrings with Bull Heads](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_57.1730-1731_Fnt_BW.jpg)
Pair of Hoop Earrings with Bull Heads
![Image for Bracelets from the Olbia Treasure](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL1_57.375-376_Gp_TR_T88.jpg)
Bracelets from the Olbia Treasure
![Image for Intaglio of Bacchus and a Silen](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_42.1182_Fnt_BW_H71.jpg)
Intaglio of Bacchus and a Silen
![Image for Intaglio with Head of a Man Set in a Ring](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL9_42.1133_Fnt_BW.jpg)
Intaglio with Head of a Man Set in a Ring
![Image for Clothing Ornaments Depicting Black Sea Eagles](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PS4_57.387_DD_AT19_3566-tms.jpg)
Clothing Ornaments Depicting Black Sea Eagles
![Image for Plaque with a Dancing Dwarf with Large Phallus](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/CUR_48.1651_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg)
Plaque with a Dancing Dwarf with Large Phallus
![Image for Necklace with Child's-Head Pendant](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL1_57.1864_Det_TR.jpg)