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   Metalwork, Gold
Works of Art (186)
Aeneas Erects a Tomb to His Nurse Caieta and Flees the Country of Circe, ca. 1530–35, Master of the Aeneid (French, Limoges), Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (88.3.85)  
 
Animal-headed figure pendant, 1st–7th century, Colombia; Yotoco, Gold (66.196.20) 
 
Appliqués, first half of 5th century, Eastern Germanic; Ukraine, Kerch, Gold sheet (98.11.71)  
 
Armband with Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold (1999.209)  
 
Armlet, 1030, Gurgan, Iran, Gold (57.88a–c)  
 
Aureus of Septimius Severus, with a portrait of Julia Domna, ca. 193–96 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Gold (99.35.218) 
 
Avar Treasure, Belt Fittings, 700s, Avar; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Gold (17.190.1673-1701); Vessels, 700s, Avar or Byzantine; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Silver and gold (17.190.1704-1706; 1708-1712); Bucket, 600s, Byzantine; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Silver (17.190.1707)  
 
Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 12th–16th century, Panama; Parita, Gold, whale tooth (1979.206.1155) 
 
Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 13th–16th century, Costa Rica; Diquís, Cast gold, 1977 (66.196.17) 
 
Belt buckle: paired felines attacking ibexes, Xiongnu type, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Mongolia or southern Siberia, Gold (17.190.1672)  
 
Belt Buckle, buckle ca. 500, tongue ca. 500–600, Eastern Germanic (buckle) and Byzantine (tongue), Rock crystal, gold foil (1995.54)  
 
Belt buckle, ca. 1868, California Jewelry Company, manufacturer; William Cummings, patentee, American
Gold, champlevé enamel (2000.571)
 
 
Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055)  
 
Bird Pendant, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1974.271.12) 
 
Bird Pendant, 9th–16th century
Colombia; Muisca, Cast gold (1979.206.509)
 
 
Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark, 4th century, Roman or Byzantine, Glass, gold leaf (18.145.1 ab)  
 
Box, ca. 1875, French, Gold and enamel (2002.258) 
 
Bracelet with central medallion, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold, glass (2001.230)  
 
Bracteate, 5th–6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583)  
 
Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36)  
 
Bridle, 15th–17th century, Tibetan, Iron, leather, and gold (2005.73a)  
 
Bridle, 15th–17th century, Tibetan, Leather, iron, and gold (1998.282)  
 
Brooch and earrings, 1854–70, Tiffany & Company (American), Coral, gold (2000.564a-c) 
 
Brooch and earrings, 1858–60, Edward Burr (American), Yellow gold, pearls, diamonds, enamel (2000.549a-c) 
 
Brooch, necklace, and hair comb, ca. 1905, Florence Koehler (American), Pearls, enamel, gold (pin only: sapphire, emeralds) (52.43.1-.3) 
 
Brooch, 1868, Tiffany & Company (American), Gold, pearls, black enamel, hair (2000.556) 
 
Brooch, 19th century, India, Gold, enamel (53.167) 
 
Brooch, ca. 1850, Maker unknown, American, Gold, jet, crystal, hair (2000.557) 
 
Brooch, ca. 1900, Manufacturer: Georges Fouquet (French); Designer: Alphonse Mucha (Czech), Gold, enamel, mother-of-pearl, opal, emerald, colored stones, gold paint (2003.560) 
 
Brooch, ca. 1900, Marcus & Company (American), Gold, peridot, diamonds, pearls, enamel (2001.238) 
 
Brooch, ca. 1912–13, Ferdinand Hauser (Austrian), Gold, enamel, moonstones (1998.356) 
 
Buckle, 5th century, Eastern Germanic or Byzantine, Gold garnets (1986.341)  
 
Cameo, ca. 1835, George W. Jamison (American, died 1868), cameo cutter; William Rose (American), metalworker, Helmet-conch shell, enamel, gold (2000.562) 
 
Candlesticks, 1735–50, French (Paris), Gilt bronze (1999.370.1a,b,.2a,b)  
 
Collar Pendant, late 5th–early 6th century; Ostrogothic, Domagnano, Republic of San Marino, Gold, garnet, glass (17.190.698)  
 
Conical boss from a bowl with granulated decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.371) 
 
Corsage piece, ca. 1880–1900, Tiffany & Company (American), Gold, diamonds (41.84.20a-e) 
 
Costumed figure pendant, 1st–7th century, Colombia; Tolima, Gold (1979.206.497) 
 
Cross Pendant, ca. 1080–1130, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné (1998.542)  
 
Crossbow Fibula, ca. 430, Byzantine; Made in Rome/Constantinople, Gold (1995.97)  
 
Cuirass (char-aina), late 18th–19th century, Probably Indian, Steel, gold (48.92.1) 
 
Cup with a frieze of gazelles, early 1st millennium B.C., Northwestern Iran, Capsian region, Gold (62.84)  
 
Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant, 4th–5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (91.1.1166)  
 
Diadem with kinnari (half-bird, half-female creatures), 9th–10th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan, Gold inset with garnet (1988.395)  
 
Diadem, 400–450, Ostrogothic, Sheet gold worked in repoussé (98.11.67)  
 
Disk Brooch and Two Pendants, early 600s, Anglo-Saxon; Probably made in Faversham, southeastern England; Found at Teynam, southeastern England, Gold, cells inset with garnets and glass, border inlaid with niello (1987.90.1,2,3)  
 
Disk Brooch with Cameo and Cabochons, brooch ca. 600, cameo 100–300, Langobardic (mount), Roman (cameo), Gold sheet; settings of onyx, cameo, glass (red and green cabochons); wire (95.15.101)  
 
Disk Brooch, 650–725, Frankish; Found in Férebrianges or Petit-Troussy, northern France, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, stone, glass, and pearl (17.191.134)  
 
Disk Brooch, 675–700, Frankish; Found in Niederbreisig, western Germany, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, glass, and mother-of-pearl (17.193.83)  
 
Double Bat-nosed Figure Pendants, 11th–16th century, Panama (Chiriquí), Cast gold (04.34.8) 
 
Double Crocodile Pendant, 8th–10th century, Panama; Macaracas, Gold, quartz (1979.206.733) 
 
Double-Eagle Pendant, 1st–5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (1979.206.538) 
 
Double-End Animal Pendant, 5th–8th century, Panama; Conte (?), Gold (1991.419.18) 
 
Dress ornaments, 5th century B.C., Scythian; Possibly northern Black Sea region, Gold (24.97.50-.51)  
 
Eagle Pendant, 11th–16th century, Costa Rica (Chiriquí), Cast gold (1977.187.22)  
 
Eagle Pendant, 11th–16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Cast gold (1979.206.907) 
 
Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (1995.366) 
 
Earrings, mid-1st century A.D., Sarmatian; Said to be from Olbia (modern Ukraine), Gold, sardonyx (22.50.5, 6)  
 
Elements from a necklace, late 14th–early 15th century; Timurid, Iran, Gold sheet, chased and set with turquoise, gray, chalcedony, and glass (1989.87a—l)  
 
Elements from a Necklace, late 15th–16th century, Granada, Gold and cloisonné enamel (17.190.161a-j)  
 
Enameled gold pendant, 19th century, Iran, Fabricated from sheet and half-round wire, enameled on obverse and reverse (20.106.2) 
 
Female bust, second quarter of 18th century, French, Gilt bronze (07.225.510.118)  
 
Female Figure (Tunjo), 10th–16th century, Colombia; Muisca, Gold (1979.206.1050) 
 
Figure Pendant, 10th–16th century, Colombia (Tairona), Cast gold (69.7.10)  
 
Finger Ring with a Cross, 450–525, Frankish, Gold sheet with filigree and granulation, cloisonné cells inset with garnet and mother-of-pearl (17.192.229)  
 
Fish, Dynasty 12–13 (ca. 1981–1640 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Tomb L847, Gold, beryl (09.180.1182) 
 
Five Appliqués in the Shape of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic; From Castel Trosino, central Italy, Gold (95.15.79.–83)  
 
Fluted bowl, Achaemenid, reign of Darius I or II, 522–486 B.C. or 432–405 B.C., Iran, Gold (54.3.1) 
 
Four strands of beads, 2500–2400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.48) 
 
Frog Ornaments, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico (Mixtec/Aztec), Cast gold (1998.39.1—.20)  
 
Frog Pendant, 11th–16th century, Costa Rica; Chiriquí, Gold (1991.419.1) 
 
Funerary Mask, 10th–11th century, Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque), Gold, cinnabar, copper overlays (1974.271.35) 
 
Ganymede Jewelry, Hellenistic, 330–300 B.C., Gold, rock crystal, emerald (37.11.8–.17)  
 
Girdle with Coins and Medallions, ca. 583, Byzantine; Found in 1902 at Karavás, Cyprus (reassembled after discovery), Gold (17.190.147,1991.136)  
 
Goa stone container with stone and sand, late 17th–early 18th century, India (Goa or western India), Container and stand; worked gold; Goa stone: organic and inorganic material, gilded (2004.244a–c) 
 
Gold beads from a necklace, 19th–early 20th century, Saudi Arabia, Fabricated from sheet, wire, and swaged wire, decorated with granulation, set with turquoise (1980.306a-e) 
 
Gold Disk from a Spool, 900–600 B.C.; Late Bronze Age, Irish, Gold (47.100.14)  
 
Gold kantharos (drinking cup with two high vertical handles), ca. 1550–1500 B.C.; Late Helladic I, Mycenaean, Gold (07.286.126) 
 
Gold stater, ca. 560–546 B.C., Lydian; From Sardis, Gold (26.59.2)  
 
Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402)  
 
Headdress frontal, 1st–7th century, Colombia; Yotoco, Gold (1991.419.40) 
 
Headdress with leaf-shaped ornaments, 2600–2500 B.C.; Early Dynastic period IIIa; Sumerian style, Excavated at "King's Grave," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian (33.35.3) 
 
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74)  
 
Helmet, 1350–1450, Mongolian or Chinese, Iron and gold (2005.270)  
 
Helmet, 15th–17th century, Mongolian, Iron and gold (1999.120)  
 
Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century, Chinese, Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18)  
 
Hinged ring, 2nd–1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Gold with garnet (2005.278)  
 
Intaglio portrait of Emperor Tiberius, 14–37 A.D.; Tiberian, Roman, Carnelian and gold (1994.230.7) 
 
Julius Caesar, ca. 1541, Couly II Nouailher (French, Limoges), Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (28.217.2)  
 
Lime Container (poporo), 1st–7th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Cast gold (1991.419.22) 
 
Linguist Staff (Oykeame), 19th–20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold foil, wood, nails (1986.475a-c) 
 
Lunate earrings, 2500–2400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold (33.35.45,.46) 
 
Mantel clock, ca. 1750, ST Germain for Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (French); Gosselin à Paris, possibly Jean-Philippe (French) or Jean-Baptiste Gosselin (French, active Paris), Bronze, originally gilded or silvered, enameled dial (37.160.9)  
 
Mantel clock, ca. 1780–90, French (Paris), Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)  
 
Marriage necklace (kalata uru), late 19th century, India (Tamil Nadu, Chettiar), Gold strung on black thread (1991.32.3) 
 
Mask, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Colombia; Ilama, Gold (1991.419.39) 
 
Masked Figure Pendant, 11th–16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Gold (1979.206.777) 
 
Multiplate helmet of thirty-two lames, possibly 14th–16th century, Mongolian or Tibetan, Iron, silver, gold, and brass or copper alloy (2005.146)  
 
Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver, gold (30.8.370) 
 
Neck Ring, 400–500, Eastern Germanic, Gold (27.122.16)  
 
Necklace and earrings, Late Hellenistic, 1st century B.C., Greek, Gold, garnet, agate (1994.230.4–.6)  
 
Necklace choker, 2500–2400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.47) 
 
Necklace pendants and beads, 17th–16th century B.C.; late Old Babylonian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (47.1b) 
 
Necklace, 1845–50
Maker unknown, American, Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk, yellow gold (2003.350.2)
 
 
Necklace, ca. 1870, Eugène Fontenay (French), Gold, enamel, diamonds (1987.252) 
 
Necklace, ca. 1904, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Opals, gold, enamel (46.168.1) 
 
Nose ornament with intertwined serpents, 2nd–3rd century, Peru; Moche, Gold, silver, shell (1979.206.1225) 
 
Nose ornament with spiders, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Peru; Salinar (?), Gold (1979.206.1172) 
 
Nose ornament, 1st–7th century, Colombia; Yotoco, Gold (66.196.23) 
 
Openwork hairnet with medallion, Hellenistic, 200–150 B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Gold (1987.220)  
 
Ornamental plaques, 6th–8th century, Tibet/West Asia or western China, Gold with turquoise inlay (2000.442a-e) 
 
Ornamental plume or pin, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D., Peru; Pukará Gold (1984.14) 
 
Pair of armbands, Hellenistic, ca. 200 B.C., Greek, Gold (56.11.5–.6)  
 
Pair of Bird-Shaped Brooches, 550–600, Frankish, Gold sheet, cloisonné cells inset with garnets, glass, and pearl, garnets backed with patterned foil (17.191.164-165)  
 
Pair of earflares with condors, 2nd–3rd century, Peru; Moche, Gold, silver, gilt copper, shell (1979.206.1245,.1246) 
 
Pair of Earflares with Multifigure Scene, 12th–15th century, Peru (Chimú), Hammered gold (1991.419.67,.68)  
 
Pair of Earrings with Polyhedral Beads, 400–500, Ostrogothic(?), found in Kerch (Ukraine), Decorated with granulation (98.11.94-95)  
 
Pair of earrings, 11th century, Greater Syria, Gold: fabricated from wire and sheet, decorated with granulation; originally outlined with strung pearls and/or stones (1979.278.2a,b)  
 
Pair of earrings, 2nd–1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Gold, beryl, and garnet (74.51.3401-3402) 
 
Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Kaya Federation, late 4th–early 5th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.1,2)  
 
Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom or Kaya Federation, 6th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.5,6)  
 
Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom, early 5th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.13,14) 
 
Pair of gold head ornaments, 18th–19th century, Morocco, Fabricated from sheet and wire, chased, and set with rubies, emeralds, topazes (?), pearls, and glass (65.265.1,2,6,7) 
 
Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1740–50, Chinese porcelain with French mounts, Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1984.471.3,.4)  
 
Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750, Chinese porcelain with French mounts, Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1977.102.1,.2)  
 
Pair of royal earrings, ca. 1st century B.C., Probably Andhra Pradesh, India, Gold (1981.398.3-4)  
 
Pair of stirrups, 16th–18th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b)  
 
Pectoral Badge (Akrafokonmu), 18th–19th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold (L.1982.92) 
 
Pectoral Cross, 6th–7th century, Byzantine (Constantinople?), Gold (2006.569)  
 
Pectoral Disk, 11th–16th century, Panama; Veraguas (?), Hammered gold (1977.187.28) 
 
Pectoral of Princess Sit-Hathor-yunet (detail), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reigns of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III, ca. 1887–1813 B.C., Egyptian; From Lahun, Gold, carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise (16.1.3) 
 
Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion, ca. 539–550, Byzantine; Said to have been found in Egypt, Gold with niello (17.190.1664)  
 
Pectoral, 10th–5th century B.C., Peru; Chavín, Gold (1999.365) 
 
Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child, cameo 11th–12th century; Rus' mount 12th–14th century, Byzantine (Constantinople), Chalcedony cameo in gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and sardonyx intaglio (2007.9)  
 
Pendant, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Gold, cloisonné enamel (30.95.37)  
 
Pendant, 4th–10th century, Colombia; Capulí, Hammered gold (1977.187.21) 
 
Pendant, ca. 1901, René-Jules Lalique (French), French (Paris), Gold, enamel, opal, pearl, diamonds (1991.164) 
 
Presentation Sword, ca. 1815–17, Made by John Targee (silversmith), American (New York), Gold, steel (22.19) 
 
Ram's-Head Amulet, Late Period, Dynasty 25, ca. 712–657 B.C., Egyptian/Nubian, Gold (1989.281.98)  
 
Rattle, whistle, and bells, 1755–68, Nicholas Roosevelt (American), Gold, coral (47.70) 
 
Reliquary Pendant, 1173–1177, English, Gold (63.160)  
 
Revetments from an Icon of the Virgin, ca. 1100, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Cloisonné enamel, gold; Halo fragments (17.190.644-.648)  
 
Ring of Leontios, 990–1030, Byzantine, Gold and niello (1982.282)  
 
Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th–3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Gold (10.132.1) 
 
Saddle, 15th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, wood, and leather (2002.225)  
 
Saddle, 17th–18th century, Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market, Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)  
 
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, early 15th century, French, Gold, ronde-basse enamel, jewels (17.190.905)  
 
Saltcellar, mid-13th century, French; Made in Paris, Gold, rock crystal, emeralds, pearls, spinel or balas rubies (1983.434)  
 
Seated goddess with a child, Hittite Empire, Old Hittite; 15th–13th century B.C., Anatolia, central region, Gold, (1989.281.12) 
 
Set of four wall brackets, 18th century (ca. 1788), Made under the direction of Jean Hauré (French), cast either by Étienne-Jean Forestier (French) or his brother Pierre-Auguste (French), chased by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French), Gilt bronze (1979.172.3-6)  
 
Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic, Etruscan, Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) 
 
Set of pruning tools, 1575–1600
French; Moulins, Steel, partly gilded, and mother-of-pearl (64.101.1470–.1476)
 
 
Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400, Tibetan or Chinese, Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise (1999.118)  
 
Shoe Buckle, 400–450, Hunnic or Frankish, Gold, garnets (17.190.697)  
 
Situla with floral decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (07.228.22) 
 
Snuffbox, 1760–70, Myer Myers (American), New York City, Gold (66.102) 
 
Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350–361), 350–361, Byzantine, Gold (04.35.18)  
 
Solidus of Justinian I (r. 527–565), 538–565, Byzantine; Minted in Constantinople, Gold (99.35.7406)  
 
Spear, 17th–19th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, silver, wood, and pigments (2004.340a,b)  
 
Spearhead, 17th–18th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, and silver (2001.180)  
 
Staff Head with Owl, 5th–10th century, Colombia; Sinú Cast gold (1979.206.920) 
 
Standing cup, Probably after a design by Reinhold Vasters (German), Jasper, partly enameled gold mounts, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and pearls (17.190.1703) 
 
Standing figure, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Ecuador or Colombia; Tolita/Tumaco, Gold (1995.427) 
 
Star-Shaped Brooch with Intaglio, setting 960–1000, intaglio 337–361, Ottonian (setting), Byzantine (intaglio), Gold with pearls and star sapphire (1988.15)  
 
Stater with head of Alexander the Great, 286–281 B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek; Lysimachos, Pella, Gold (52.127.4) 
 
Statuette of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945–715 B.C., Egyptian, Gold (26.7.1412)  
 
Strainer, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.369) 
 
Stylized Figure Pendant, 5th–7th century, Panama; International Style, Gold (66.196.35) 
 
Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532, Venice, Woodcut on paper (42.41.1)  
 
Sword guard (tsuba), 19th century; Edo period, Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese), Japanese, Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper (36.120.79) 
 
Sword, 14th–16th century, Tibetan or Chinese, Iron, gold, and silver (1995.136)  
 
Sword, 17th–19th century, Tibetan, Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and textile (36.25.1464)  
 
The Adams Vase, 1893–95, Paulding Farnham (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer and retailer, Gold, amethysts, quartzes, spessartites, tourmalines, freshwater pearls, enamel (04.1) 
 
The Madytos Jewelry, ca. 330–300 B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek; Said to be from Madytos, Gold (06.1217.1-.13) 
 
The Magnolia Vase, ca. 1893, John T. Curran (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer, Silver, gold, enamel, opals (99.2) 
 
Two beads, 11th century; Fatimid, Syria, Gold, fabricated from wire and strips of sheet, decorated with granulation (1980.457)  
 
Two bird ornaments, 1st–2nd century, Peru; Nazca, Gold (1979.206.511,.512) 
 
Two Nose Ornaments, 5th–10th century, Colombia; Sinú, Cast gold (1979.204.541,.545) 
 
Vase or clock ornament, ca. 1770, French, Gilt bronze (07.225.510.316)  
 
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a lion, Achaemenid, 5th century B.C., Iran, Gold (54.3.3) 
 
Watch pin, ca. 1900, Riker Brothers (American), Yellow gold, plique-à-jour enamel, diamonds, pearl, ruby (2001.331) 
 
Watch, ca. 1850–55<, Firm of François Czapek (Swiss), Case of enameled gold; dial of painted enamel; movement of gilded brass and steel (1983.183.5) 
 
Ear Ornament or Pendant (Mamuli), 19th century, Kanatangu district, eastern Sumba Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Gold (1990.335.4)  
 
Commesso, 1550–55, Reverse after design of Étienne Delaune (French), probably a 19th-century addition, Gold, enamel, jewels, and chalcedony (17.190.907)  
 
Koto, 17th century, Metalwork by Goto Teijo (Japanese), Paulonia and other woods, ivory, horn, tortoiseshell, gold and silver alloys, silk (2007.194a–f)
 
 
Wedjet eye, Ptolemaic Period (ca. 304–30 B.C.), Egyptian, Gold (23.2.68) 
 
Thematic Essays (26)