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The Met Store Necklaces*Mother-of-Pearl Tile Double Lariat Necklace

Stunning jewelry is the ideal gift for her. This shimmering mother-of-pearl necklace pays tribute to a double beaker crafted around 1593/94–1602 by the consummate goldsmith Georg Rühl (German, master 1598,…

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The Met Store Necklaces*Mother-of-Pearl Mosaic T-Bar Pendant Necklace

Unique jewelry is the ideal gift for her. The naturally iridescent mother-of-pearl pendant adorning this necklace reinterprets a lustrous Indian powder flask (18th–19th-century) in The Met collection. Crafted in Gujarat…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*King Elephant Brooch

Unique, art-inspired gifts for her. This endearing elephant honors the great ‘Alam Guman Gajraj as depicted in a magnificent watercolor painted around 1640 and now in The Met’s Islamic Art…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Spanish Day and Night Moon Brooch

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. The celestial motifs defining this brooch are adapted from a type of print called a broadside depicting 48 allegorical figures pertaining to the…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Unicorn Brooch

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. This fanciful unicorn evokes the mythological creature in The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (1495–1505), a remarkable French and South Netherlandish textile at…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Ottoman Star Antiqued Silver Brooch

This celestial brooch celebrates an opulent sword with scabbard in The Met collection. Probably assembled by a court jeweler, the spectacular saber has a 17th-century Iranian blade, an 18th-century Indian…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Chelsea Peacock Brooch

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. This glittering brooch nods to a pair of porcelain peacocks (ca. 1755–58) produced at the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745–1784). Avian figurines were…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Lily-of-the-Valley Brooch

The master jeweler and goldsmith Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920) counted among his elite clientele the last two czars of the Romanov family, for whom he crafted the celebrated Easter…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Swiss Frog Brooch

Unique art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. This charming brooch nods to a Swiss automaton (ca. 1820) in the form of a pearl-laden enamel frog with ruby eyes. A…

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The Met Store Pins & Brooches*Bella Donna Brooch

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. In Giovanni Battista Gaulli’s (Il Baciccio’s) (Italian, 1639–1709) sumptuous Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1670s), a doe-eyed subject is decked out in splendid…