
Ernesto Pierret, Etruscan Revival Bracelet, Italian, about 1860. Gold. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, and Monica S. Sadler.
Gold. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, and Monica S. Sadler.

Bulgari, Necklace with coins of Heracles, Italian, 1980s. Gold and silver. William Francis Warden Fund and Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund.
Gold and silver. William Francis Warden Fund and Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund.

Possibly by Castellani, Necklace, brooch, and earrings in the archaeological revival style, Italian, about 1880. Gold and amber. Bequest of William Arnold Buffum.
Gold and amber. Bequest of William Arnold Buffum.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed), 1859. Oil on panel. Gift of James Lawrence.
Oil on panel. Gift of James Lawrence.

Cartier, Head of Medusa pendant, 1906. Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, pearl, and coral. Photo: Nick Welsh, Cartier Collection. © Cartier.
Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, pearl, and coral. Photo: Nick Welsh, Cartier Collection. © Cartier.

Mrs. Philip Newman and Georges Bissinger, Necklace with a cameo of Elizabeth I, about 1890. Gold, silver, diamond, emerald, pearl, agate, and glass. Museum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan.
Gold, silver, diamond, emerald, pearl, agate, and glass. Museum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan.

Necklace and brooches, French, about 1840. Shell, gold. Gift of the Misses Cornelia and Susan Dehon in memory of Mrs. Sidney Brooks.
Shell, gold. Gift of the Misses Cornelia and Susan Dehon in memory of Mrs. Sidney Brooks.

Designed by G. Paulding Farnham for Tiffany & Co., Renaissance revival neck ornament, 1900–04. Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, emerald, cat's eye, chrysoberyl, sapphire, and pearl. Gift of Susan B. Kaplan.
Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, emerald, cat's eye, chrysoberyl, sapphire, and pearl. Gift of Susan B. Kaplan.

Cartier, Brooch, 1924. Faience, diamond (round old-cut), emerald, smoky quartz, and enamel. Vincent Wulveryck, Cartier collection. © Cartier.
Faience, diamond (round old-cut), emerald, smoky quartz, and enamel. Vincent Wulveryck, Cartier collection. © Cartier.

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Egyptian revival necklace, about 1913. Gold, lapis lazuli, amber, and turquoise. Private Collection.
Gold, lapis lazuli, amber, and turquoise. Private Collection.

Ernesto Pierret, Etruscan Revival Bracelet, Italian, about 1860. Gold. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, and Monica S. Sadler.
Gold. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, and Monica S. Sadler.

Bulgari, Necklace with coins of Heracles, Italian, 1980s. Gold and silver. William Francis Warden Fund and Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund.
Gold and silver. William Francis Warden Fund and Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund.

Possibly by Castellani, Necklace, brooch, and earrings in the archaeological revival style, Italian, about 1880. Gold and amber. Bequest of William Arnold Buffum.
Gold and amber. Bequest of William Arnold Buffum.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed), 1859. Oil on panel. Gift of James Lawrence.
Oil on panel. Gift of James Lawrence.

Cartier, Head of Medusa pendant, 1906. Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, pearl, and coral. Photo: Nick Welsh, Cartier Collection. © Cartier.
Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, pearl, and coral. Photo: Nick Welsh, Cartier Collection. © Cartier.

Mrs. Philip Newman and Georges Bissinger, Necklace with a cameo of Elizabeth I, about 1890. Gold, silver, diamond, emerald, pearl, agate, and glass. Museum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan.
Gold, silver, diamond, emerald, pearl, agate, and glass. Museum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan.

Necklace and brooches, French, about 1840. Shell, gold. Gift of the Misses Cornelia and Susan Dehon in memory of Mrs. Sidney Brooks.
Shell, gold. Gift of the Misses Cornelia and Susan Dehon in memory of Mrs. Sidney Brooks.

Designed by G. Paulding Farnham for Tiffany & Co., Renaissance revival neck ornament, 1900–04. Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, emerald, cat's eye, chrysoberyl, sapphire, and pearl. Gift of Susan B. Kaplan.
Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, emerald, cat's eye, chrysoberyl, sapphire, and pearl. Gift of Susan B. Kaplan.

Cartier, Brooch, 1924. Faience, diamond (round old-cut), emerald, smoky quartz, and enamel. Vincent Wulveryck, Cartier collection. © Cartier.
Faience, diamond (round old-cut), emerald, smoky quartz, and enamel. Vincent Wulveryck, Cartier collection. © Cartier.

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Egyptian revival necklace, about 1913. Gold, lapis lazuli, amber, and turquoise. Private Collection.
Gold, lapis lazuli, amber, and turquoise. Private Collection.