Ancient Jewels and Jewelry

Egyptian amethyst and faience necklace featuring a feldspar scarab at the center c. 2nd to 1st millennia BCE. Modern stringing. From Bonhams.

Egyptian New Kingdom, 19th dynasty gold and faience earring, c. 1295-1186 BCE. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Egyptian beaded armlet of gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, glass, faience on bronze or copper wire. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty c. 1550–1525 BCE. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Ancient Egyptian blue-glazed faience bead depicting a curled-up hedgehog. May date to the Middle Kingdom. From the collection of the National Museums Scotland

Egyptian necklace of blue faience disks. This necklace dates to the 13th through 18th Dynasties, sometime between the 19th through 15th century BCE. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Yellow and purple faience ring depicting a gazelle. From Egypt, it dates to the New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (14th century BCE). From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

11th Dynasty Egyptian faience beads. The beads may be stylized dried fruits or seed pods. From the collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

Egyptian blue faience ring featuring the Wadjet eye. It dates to the 18th Dynasty, 16th century to the 13th century BCE. From the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.

Egyptian blue faience ring featuring the Wadjet or Eye of Horus. Dates to the New Kingdom era. From the collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

Egyptian faience bead chain. The beads were found on mummies, and later combined into the necklace. No date provided. From the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.