Jewellery - Special - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Roman intaglio with wolf and twins
Roman jewellery insert made of beautiful turquoise glass paste. It shows a she-wolf with the twins Romulus and Remus.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of a Bes maskProtective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of mint green faience. Great specimen from Ptolemaic Egypt.
Anglo-Saxon bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of BesProtective amulet with dwarf god Bes. A typical specimen for its kind from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestFive Egyptian amulets of BesProtective amulets or figurines with dwarf god Bes. A cross-section of various designs from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with animalRoman jewellery insert made of purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with snail shellThe Roman decorative insert is made of beautiful purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. Interesting depiction.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with vaseThe Roman ring insert is made of purple glass paste that imitates amethyst. It depicts a tall vase.
Price: on requestRoman earrings with shieldMatching pair of gold jewellery with semi-spherical shield. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestRoman earrings with shieldMatching pair of gold jewellery with semi-spherical shield and coloured glass bead. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestByzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with an ibex motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Byzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe pendant with a cock and lion motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.
Price: on requestRoman glass braceletThe bangle or hair ring from the Roman Imperial period is made of dark blue glass. Produced in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestEarly Etruscan sanguisuga fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. From the collection of Professor Alder-Kissling.
Price: on requestEarly Etruscan fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. A find from northern Italy.
Price: on requestRoman plate broochBeautiful example with orange and turquoise enamel. A find from 2nd century Roman Britain.
Price: on requestVery large Italic wave-shaped broochMade from bronze wire. A very rare brooch type from around 1000 BC.
Early Etruscan sanguisuga fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. A find from northern Italy.
Brooch from Roman BritainA rare mixture of cicada fibula and trumpet fibula, from the 2nd century. Found on the Isle of Wight.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of BesProtective amulet with dwarf god Bes. A typical specimen for its kind from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of a Bes maskProtective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience with black applications. Nice specimen from the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestLarge Italic serpentine fibulaA bronze brooch dating to the Italic Iron Age. The piece is elaborately adorned by wonderful incised decorations.
Group of Italic brooches and artefactsExciting group of 17 bronze objects. These include an Italian serpentine fibula with large disc head, three early Etruscan brooches, and a bronze sheet with a decorative head.
Price: on requestEarly Etruscan sanguisuga fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. A find from northern Italy.
Disc brooch from Roman BritainBrooch with a Romano-Celtic sunburst design. Circa 2nd century. A find from Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxon gilt bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with suckling horseRoman jewellery insert made of dark glass paste. It depicts a horse with a foal. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with lionNice depiction of a lion on an orange glass paste from the Roman period.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with galleyThe skillful work shows a Roman galley with rowers. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient glass paste.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with cowRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white band. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with birds at water basinThe Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ErosThe skillful work shows the god Eros as a boy. Nice orange glass paste, imitating carnelian.
Price: on requestRoman bronze phallus amuletApotropaic amulet to protect agains the evil eye. Perfectly preserved, incl. the original ring. Beautiful green patina. From an old Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s.