Royal Jewels

[Sithathoriunet]

ok.......just a bit more ancient egyptian royal eye candy...this one was king tut''s..and from the 18th dynasty. i love that these royal pectorals all could be read as a text..very interesting approach to jewel making. and as a point of interest..our modern royal clan crests were derived from these pectorals which are strikingly similar to the many forms of coat of arms we have today! hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
jenna

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Those are beautiful, Jenna! Thank you for adding a new culture and country to the thread!

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 9/21/2008 6:51:16 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
Those are beautiful, Jenna! Thank you for adding a new culture and country to the thread!

Yes,Thank you!My favorite ancient pieces are from King Tuts and King Rameses the second''s treasuries...Plese post more pics if you have them...they really add to the thread.

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Hi!
why, certainly, i''d be happy to add more egyptian royal jewel pics! i have so many, i''ll try to keep them straight! but if i post one or two twice, my appologies!
you mentioned king tut''s beautiful royal pieces, so, here''s the famous scarab pectoral to begin with.
scarab is lapis lazuli, a stone the ancients held in high regard for it''s beauty and tranquility. this stone was used through almost to modern times as a paint mix to make the beautiful lapis blue you see in the centuries old cathedrals with the beautiful murals we all admire still today!
the red stones you see are carnelian and the light blue of course are turquoise. these three stones along with amethyst, are the most used and reveared of ancient egyptian royalty. they were considered sacred..and as a moo point....amethyst purple is of course still very highly prized and used by our modern royals...and it''s colour is considered "royal"
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

here we have a better photograph of the Princess Sithathoriunet''s coronet. with the cobra as a protective symbol of the royalty of egypt and the rosettes that surround this solid gold piece, you can imagine the weight of this piece...
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

here we have the original gorgeous royal pectoral of Princess Sithathoriunet, (top) and my replica (bottom)..both are of solid gold, both contain lapis lazuli, carnelian and turquoise. the wonderful pectoral is to be read as a text, basically saying "God grants life and dominion over all that the sun touches (ie. the whole world) forever, to the king senworset II." although it uses his throne name of kah khe pare...and the Princess would wear this and become part of the charm to protect the king and bring about the statement made by her pectoral. when her father passed away and her relative senworset III took the throne, she had to have a second pectoral made that had the new king''s name within the cartouche...i''ll add that one for you to see.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

hello!
so, here we have the second pectoral of our Princess Sithathoriunet. notice the name change in the center cartouche, along with a few other changes..not the least withstanding, the poorer quality of the goldsmithing...like with any royal jewels...some are fantastic..some not so much! lol..
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

one, more of my fav pectoral...the few view...
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

and the reverse..the wonderful thing about almost all of the egyptian jewels is that they bore the completed design from their front, etched out again on their reverse...so as to hold up under close observation...
jenna sorry the photo is so small...it''s very hard to find one of this pectoral in colour...

 

[Sithathoriunet]

a beautiful royal pectoral from king tut''s collection...with 2 royal baboons and a scarab on the sun barque...wonderful detail and workmanship. can you even imagine the skill of the goldsmith 3000 years ago?
i have not yet seen any who could match the skill carried out by these artists in the ancient royal jewels in modern times...
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

here is another of the seemingly endless collection of king tut''s personal royal gold..an amazingly detailed necklace. scarabs, cobras, ankhs...solid gold.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

and here is something i don''t think any of our modern royals can claim to have in their closets, solid gold footwear! can you imagine wearing these out to dinner with high society? thalk about bling! lol
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

this lovely royal pectoral is king tut''s as well. it is the sun god horus. what unbelievable work, each tiny feather done to perfection...the solid gold shaped just perfectly and the excellent use of stones to complete a timeless piece of royal jewelry!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

one more of the famous royal horus falcon...
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

this beauty is a vulture, also belonging to the famous king tut!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

a pair of king tut''s earrings. the weight of these on your ears! my goodness, they would be at your ankles!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

this amethyst and solid gold anklet belonged to Princess Sithathoriunet. she had two of them. in ancient egypt a lot of the time pieces of royal jewelry were made in pairs. they adored uniformity..
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

and one of two bracelets (matched pair of course) of the Princess Sithathoriunet. solid gold, turquoise and carnelian.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

now, this is a royal pectoral showing two of the sun god horus...with the name of king senworset II, but it belonged to Princess Sithathor..she was a namesake of her sister Sithathoriunet.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

this is a lovely royal cuff bracelet with the eye of horus..it also is one of two..my goodness, i''d love to have just one..let alone two of them!!!!!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

and one more of the same cuff...boy oh boy eye candy!!!!!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

now, this cuff as far as i know...was one of a kind..it belonged to Queen Ty, she was king tut''s grandmother...this one has a coronation scene all around it. solid gold and lapis. i was luckey enough to have one of these made as well.an exact replica..i wear it always...it does seem to bring a feeling of royalty to one to be lucky enough to wear such a piece.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

now, this is an unusual necklace to be associated with royals eh?..non the less, this piece belonged to queen ty, king tut''s grandmother..it is referred to as the order of the flies..basically a fly was awarded for heroism in battle or in affairs of state. a fly symbolized ''tireless persistence'' and yes, i agree, flies definately are tirelessly persistent! lol. and here she got three of them! she was a very highly decorated Queen!
i''ll take a break now and give us all a chance to look over to ancient royal eye candy..but i have many more beautiful royal jewel photos to add later on..hope you all enjoy them as i do. such beautiful and unique jewelry. i think that our modern day royals would look smashing wearing something so deatiled!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

ooooops! i must be tired, i just read what i put for this bangle and for the fly necklace and i think i must have been asleep..sorry...they both belonged to Queen Ah Hotep...i don''t know what i was thinking there for a minute...and this bracelet is actually the earliest known example of this type of cuff...made from two interlocking semicircular gold bands which are closed by pins, one of them retractable. and it is the coronation scene of the king Ahmose. they come from thebes, 18th dynasty. at least i got the dynasty correct! sorry about that!
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Here we have a lovely throne, belonging to, and picturing king tut with his bride.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

now, here are some interesting photographs...this is the egyptian princess Fawzia, this beautiful lady Princess Fawzia was the eldest daughter of King Fuad of Egypt, the first King of Egypt in the modern era. Her life was shaped not only by Egypt’s political situation but, also, by her brother who succeeded his father to the throne as King Farouk. Sometimes she was a political pawn of the men around her, at other times she was a victim of circumstances, but she was always subject to the politics of the region. For that reason, it’s important to understand both her family and her country’s situation.
The Egyptian royal family was originally of Albanian (or more specifically, Macedonian) descent. The founder of the dynasty was Mohammed Ali, a Macedonian tobacco merchant who assumed power in Egypt in 1805 under the protective wing of the occupying French, led by Napoleon.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Empress Fawzia or Queen Fawzia as they called her on the cover of the Life magazine on the 21st of september 1942,the second Egyptian Royalty figure and the first Persian Royalty figure "she took the iranian citizenship in 1939" to appear on Life cover

 

[Sithathoriunet]

the princess once again.
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

the egyptian Queen Nazli wearing her famous Jewels which she later had to sell them in public auction in the States to pay her and her daughter debts in L.A in 1970s, they are estimated in millions now
jenna

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Queen Nazli of egypt
jenna