#jewellery

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and rock crystal pendant, Hunnic or Frankish, 4th-5th century AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

#history #antiquities #art #ancient history #ancient art #jewelry #jewellery #migration period

[mikasasrippedtoenail]

Why Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Women and their jewellery have a very intricate relationship. The tale of the nagging wife troubling her husband for new jewellery is as old as time. It is a reflection on a woman's vanity. Folk tales mock her ignorance of worldly ways and her frivolous obsession with being adorned. She is redundant to a mere crow that admires shiny things. However, this begs the question, is a woman's desire to collect jewellery as absurd as men paint it to be?

The world has forgotten that until very recently, women were forbidden from owning any form of capital. Be it property, money or even small inanimate objects, they belonged first to her father then her husband. The roof above her could be taken away on a whim with a clock's tick. In these trying times, jewellery emerged as a beacon of financial security for most women of the globe.

Mother of pearls, diamond earrings, gold necklaces etc. were-- although not in print-- under a woman's reign of control. They had an impressive resale value and could last several generations under proper care. More so, they could be secretly sold usually without paperwork to acquire a woman some monetary freedom. If her husband gambled all their assets away, atleast she'll have enough money to put some food on the table for her children.

Jewellery has often times saved people from calamities. Unlike land, jewellery is easier to sell. In case of an emergency, a large sum of money could be obtained without much trouble. Jewellery are an excellent heirloom. The wisdom of grandmothers is passed down to granddaughters to come, allowing them some command over their own life.

Jewellery is a form of investment just like land and shares. Its value is diminished solely due to its association with women. It is not a woman's vice but a survival tactic against the suffocating patriarchy. Jewellery is something she can have under her own name--no matter how small or how futile-- it is her sole capital, her best friend.

#radblr #radical feminism #radical feminists do interact #radical feminists do touch #radical feminist theory #terfsafe #trans exclusionary radical feminist #radical feminist safe #female seperatism #women are the superior sex #terfblr #radical feminist #radical feminist community #radical feminists please touch #rad fem #gender abolition #gender critical #jewellery #jewelry #jewerly #diamond #diamonds are a girls best friend #marilyn monroe #investment

[lmryll]

Copper plated and patina Micolash pendant

#fromsoftware #fanart #art #bloodborne #custom #soulsborne #bloodbornefanart #micolash #micolash host of the nightmare #pendant #jewellery #jewelry

[figdays]

Spider Necklace // CHBeadDesign

#CHBeadDesign #necklace #jewellery

[jewellery-box]

Spray brooch of three enamelled gold flowers on a gold stem, with one green enamelled gold leaf with a blue back, known as a "trembler" jewel, c. 1650

Image © National Museums Scotland

#wow wow #17th century #brooch #pin #jewellery

[katmcpheeuniverse]

Katharine McPhee

#katharine mcphee #katherine mcphee #kat mcphee #katharine foster #katharine mcphee foster #jewellery #promo video #celebrities #actress #singer #stunning beauty

[dreveel]

‘Twilight Kiss’; {Credit}

#gifset #stim gif #stim gifs #goth stim #my gifs #stimboard #visual stim #stimblr #stim #vampire gifs #vampire aesthetic #vampire gif #vampire stim #vampirecore #vampire #vampire core #vampirism #jewelry stim #jewelry #jewellery #necklaces

[artschoolglasses]

Necklace, made with gold, garnet, emerald, glass, and pearl, Greece, 200 - 100 BCE

From the Victoria and Albert Museum

#necklace #jewellery #fashion #fashion history #accessories #greek #ancient greece #ancient greek #200 bce #100 bce #bce

[memories-of-ancients]

Bloodstone pendant with depictions of the Archangel Michael and Saint Demetrius, Byzantine, 10th-11th century

from The Walters Art Museum

#history #antiquities #art #jewellery #jewelry #middle ages #medieval art #byzantine art

[fuskida]

"Chomp" jewellery by Lauren O'Connor Korb

#Art #Jewellery #Ring #Tooth #Sculpture #Fashion #Lauren O'Connor Korb

[vampyrgrl]

marielle necklace by vampyrgrl

#my art #mermaid #mermaidcore #mermaids #beach #ocean #siren #sirens #sirencore #mermaid aesthetic #mermaid jewelry #mermaid jewellery #sea #siren aesthetic #siren jewelry #siren jewellery #jewellery #jewelry #abalone shell #shell #aphrodite #handmade

[genterie]

Mara Lafontan for La Fontana Paris

#maralafontan #mara lafontan #lafontanaparis #jewellery

[bebemoon]

from @__ecclesia on ig . “empress diadem”

#__ecclesia #ig #jewellery

[saiko-kosai]

#dark academism #dark acamedia #dark academic aesthetic #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia #jewlery #jewellery #classic academia #chaotic academic aesthetic #chaotic academia

[boylerpf]

Magnificent gold and enamel plique-à-jour pendant/brooch designed as a “Morning Glory”. It was once part of the collection of Ada Rehan, a popular actress of the late 19th century who starred in several Shakespearean plays.

Work signed Marcus & Co around 1900. Via The Newark Museum of Art collection

#jewelry #gold #jewellery #antique #antique jewelry #plique a jour #enamel pins #morning glory #flower #art nouveau #brooch #brooches #pendants #jewels

[hannahgoodall]

Laura Benson

#artist #illustration #construction #jewellery #art #folk art #mythology #pendant #tapestry #decor #kitsch #drawing