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Aeneas Erects a Tomb to His Nurse Caieta and Flees the Country of Circe, ca. 153035,
Master of the Aeneid (French, Limoges),
Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (88.3.85)
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Appliqués, first half of 5th century, Eastern Germanic; Ukraine, Kerch, Gold sheet (98.11.71) |
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Armband with Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold (1999.209) |
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Aureus of Septimius Severus, with a portrait of Julia Domna, ca. 19396 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Gold (99.35.218) |
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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) |
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Belt Buckle, buckle ca. 500, tongue ca. 500600, Eastern Germanic (buckle) and Byzantine (tongue), Rock crystal, gold foil (1995.54) |
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Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark, 4th century, Roman or Byzantine, Glass, gold leaf (18.145.1 ab) |
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Box, ca. 1875,
French, Gold and enamel (2002.258) |
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Bracelet with central medallion, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold, glass (2001.230)
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Bracteate, 5th6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583) |
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Brooch, ca. 1900,
Manufacturer: Georges Fouquet (French); Designer: Alphonse Mucha (Czech),
Gold, enamel, mother-of-pearl, opal, emerald, colored stones, gold paint (2003.560) |
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Brooch, ca. 191213,
Ferdinand Hauser (Austrian),
Gold, enamel, moonstones (1998.356) |
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Buckle, 5th century, Eastern Germanic or Byzantine, Gold garnets (1986.341) |
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Candlesticks, 173550,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze (1999.370.1a,b,.2a,b)
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Collar Pendant, late 5thearly 6th century; Ostrogothic, Domagnano, Republic of San Marino, Gold, garnet, glass (17.190.698) |
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Crossbow Fibula, ca. 430, Byzantine; Made in Rome/Constantinople, Gold (1995.97) |
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Diadem, 400450, Ostrogothic, Sheet gold worked in repoussé (98.11.67) |
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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) |
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Disk Brooch with Cameo and Cabochons, brooch ca. 600, cameo 100300, Langobardic (mount), Roman (cameo), Gold sheet; settings of onyx, cameo, glass (red and green cabochons); wire (95.15.101) |
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Disk Brooch, 650725, Frankish; Found in Férebrianges or Petit-Troussy, northern France, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, stone, glass, and pearl (17.191.134) |
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Disk Brooch, 675700, Frankish; Found in Niederbreisig, western Germany, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, glass, and mother-of-pearl (17.193.83) |
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Earrings, mid-1st century A.D., Sarmatian; Said to be from Olbia (modern Ukraine), Gold, sardonyx (22.50.5, 6) |
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Elements from a Necklace, late 15th16th century, Granada, Gold and cloisonné enamel (17.190.161a-j) |
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Female bust, second quarter of 18th century,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.118)
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Finger Ring with a Cross, 450525, Frankish, Gold sheet with filigree and granulation, cloisonné cells inset with garnet and mother-of-pearl (17.192.229) |
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Five Appliqués in the Shape of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic; From Castel Trosino, central Italy, Gold (95.15.79.83) |
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Ganymede Jewelry, Hellenistic, 330300 B.C., Gold, rock crystal, emerald (37.11.8.17) |
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Gold Disk from a Spool, 900600 B.C.; Late Bronze Age, Irish, Gold (47.100.14) |
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Gold kantharos (drinking cup with two high vertical handles), ca. 15501500 B.C.; Late Helladic I, Mycenaean, Gold (07.286.126) |
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Hinged ring, 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold with garnet (2005.278) |
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Intaglio portrait of Emperor Tiberius, 1437 A.D.; Tiberian, Roman, Carnelian and gold (1994.230.7) |
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Julius Caesar, ca. 1541,
Couly II Nouailher (French, Limoges),
Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (28.217.2)
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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)
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Mantel clock, ca. 178090,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
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Neck Ring, 400500, Eastern Germanic, Gold (27.122.16) |
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Necklace and earrings, Late Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold, garnet, agate (1994.230.4.6)
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Necklace, ca. 1870, Eugène Fontenay (French), Gold, enamel, diamonds (1987.252) |
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Openwork hairnet with medallion, Hellenistic, 200150 B.C.,
Greek, Ptolemaic,
Gold (1987.220) |
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Pair of armbands, Hellenistic, ca. 200 B.C.,
Greek,
Gold (56.11.5.6) |
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Pair of Earrings with Polyhedral Beads, 400500, Ostrogothic(?), found in Kerch (Ukraine), Decorated with granulation (98.11.94-95) |
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Pair of mounted vases, ca. 174050,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1984.471.3,.4)
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Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1977.102.1,.2)
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Pectoral Cross, 6th7th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople?),
Gold (2006.569) |
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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child, cameo 11th12th century; Rus' mount 12th14th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople),
Chalcedony cameo in gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and sardonyx intaglio (2007.9) |
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Pendant, ca. 1901,
René-Jules Lalique (French), French (Paris),
Gold, enamel, opal, pearl, diamonds (1991.164) |
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Reliquary Pendant, 11731177, English, Gold (63.160) |
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Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold (10.132.1) |
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, early 15th century, French, Gold, ronde-basse enamel, jewels (17.190.905) |
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Saltcellar, mid-13th century, French; Made in Paris, Gold, rock crystal, emeralds, pearls, spinel or balas rubies (1983.434) |
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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)
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Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic,
Etruscan,
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) |
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Set of pruning tools, 15751600
French; Moulins,
Steel, partly gilded, and mother-of-pearl (64.101.1470.1476)
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Shoe Buckle, 400450, Hunnic or Frankish, Gold, garnets (17.190.697) |
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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) |
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Stater with head of Alexander the Great, 286281 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Lysimachos, Pella,
Gold (52.127.4) |
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Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532,
Venice,
Woodcut on paper (42.41.1) |
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The Madytos Jewelry, ca. 330300 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Said to be from Madytos,
Gold (06.1217.1-.13) |
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Vase or clock ornament, ca. 1770,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.316)
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Watch, ca. 185055<, Firm of François Czapek (Swiss), Case of enameled gold; dial of painted enamel; movement of gilded brass and steel (1983.183.5) |
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Commesso, 155055, Reverse after design of Étienne Delaune (French), probably a 19th-century addition, Gold, enamel, jewels, and chalcedony (17.190.907) |
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