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| Brooch 1840 turquoise, ruby, diamond, pearl set in silver and gold British Museum |
Young Prince Albert, fresh from Saxony, designed brooches shaped as birds paved in round turquoise pebbles and clutching pearls in their talons – this was the Coburg Eagle, an heraldic creature displayed to exalt Albert's Teutonic lineage. Twelve identical copies of this flamboyant object were fabricated as gifts for the twelve noble maidens who supported Queen Victoria's train at her marriage to Albert in February 1840.
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| William Brown Head of Minerva jasper intaglio as seal-matrix 1780s British Museum |
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| Anonymous European Jeweler Earrings 1940s diamonds set in platinum British Museum |
The large pear-shaped diamonds above were photographed to emphasize the fact that they do not match. Both are over 50 carats, but the one on the left is several carats smaller than its partner. Curators remark that although the difference is obvious side by side, it ceases to be perceptible when the earrings are worn.
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| Anonymous European Jeweler Sard Intaglio with Hercules and the Cretan Bull 16th century, with 17th-century pendant mount gold, sapphire, garnet British Museum |
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| Giovanni Bernardi after Michelangelo Intaglio - Prometheus and the Eagle 16th century rock crystal British Museum |
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| Anonymous European Gem-cutter Cameo - Urania 18th century onyx British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Cameo - Head of Medusa 1st-2nd century AD amethyst British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Bust of Plotina as dress-pin AD 100-130 carved sapphire, gold, diamond British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Bust-appliqué portrait of man with cloak AD 90-120 carved chalcedony British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Piece from a set of Amber Dice 1st-2nd century AD collected by Sir William Hamilton British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Recumbent Leopard (drilled holes for the spots) 1st-2nd century AD carved agate British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Earrings 2nd century AD gold, pearl British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Earring 2nd 3rd century AD gold, emerald, pearl British Museum |
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| Roman Empire Earring 1st-2nd century AD gold, pearl British Museum |