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Stomacher brooch
Claddagh ring
Sumerian headdress
Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Tutankhamun: pectoral
jewelry; Tutankhamun
ancient Egyptian jewelry
gold pectoral
Mycenaean funerary mask
Minoan gold pendant
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Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
Jay DeFeo
American painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker
Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
German American model and businesswoman
René Lalique: hair ornament and brooch
René Lalique
French jeweler
Richard W. Sears
American merchant
González, Julio: Head of Montserrat Screaming
Julio González
Spanish sculptor
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Charles Lewis Tiffany
American jeweler