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Frankish Paste glass disc brooch 7th century or later. Gold, wire, glass paste cabochons. MET Museum.

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Frankish Paste glass disc brooch 7th century or later. Gold, wire, glass paste cabochons. MET Museum.

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Gold earring with glass head pendant Phoenician or Carthaginian 3rd-1st century BCE. MET Museum.

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Gold earring with glass head pendant Phoenician or Carthaginian 3rd-1st century BCE. MET Museum.

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Five gold rings with cabochons. Cambodia, 7th-12th century AD

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Five gold rings with cabochons. Cambodia, 7th-12th century AD

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Pair of glasses with case from 16th century Paris. Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Pair of glasses with case from 16th century Paris. Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Anglo Saxon Gold and Garnet Raven head 7th century CE. British Museum.

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Anglo Saxon Gold and Garnet Raven head 7th century CE. British Museum.

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Anonymous . 'Ring with Celestial Motif,' late 18th century. gold, silver, enamel, diamonds. Walters Art Museum

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Anonymous . 'Ring with Celestial Motif,' late 18th century. gold, silver, enamel, diamonds. Walters Art Museum

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Gold openwork dagger-handle. Eastern Zhou period. between 6th century and 5th century BC. British Museum

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Gold openwork dagger-handle. Eastern Zhou period. between 6th century and 5th century BC. British Museum

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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A gold, enamel and gem-set brooch in the form of a salamander, part of the Cheapside Hoard that was found in London in 1912. The sinuous body is fashioned from 10 cabochon emeralds flanked by diamonds . Late 16th century-early 17th century CE, now housed at the London Museum

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A gold, enamel and gem-set brooch in the form of a salamander, part of the Cheapside Hoard that was found in London in 1912. The sinuous body is fashioned from 10 cabochon emeralds flanked by diamonds . Late 16th century-early 17th century CE, now housed at the London Museum

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German Ornate Silver & Carved Glass Decanter, Late 19th Century

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German Ornate Silver & Carved Glass Decanter, Late 19th Century

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Cat with Kittens ca. Egypt 664–30 B.C.E. or later. Brooklyn Museum.

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Cat with Kittens ca. Egypt 664–30 B.C.E. or later. Brooklyn Museum.

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“Neo-Assyrian-styled image of a winged figure”

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“Neo-Assyrian-styled image of a winged figure”

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Gold ring with sapphire cabochon. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 14th century

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Gold ring with sapphire cabochon. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 14th century

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Middle class Byzantine necklace with ducks made of foil not gold and glass beads not pearls, 4th century. Walters Art Museum.

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Middle class Byzantine necklace with ducks made of foil not gold and glass beads not pearls, 4th century. Walters Art Museum.

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Dagger with Sheath, late 18th–early 19th century, Iranian. Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass

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Dagger with Sheath, late 18th–early 19th century, Iranian. Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass

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Traveling chest. Japan, late 16th–early 17th century, for export to the Portuguese market. Lacquer with gold flecks, mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Traveling chest. Japan, late 16th–early 17th century, for export to the Portuguese market. Lacquer with gold flecks, mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings. Brooklyn Museum collection

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