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Objects designed for the adornment of the body are called jewelry. While modern jewelry is made of gold, silver, or platinum, often with precious or semiprecious stones, it evolved from shells, animal teeth, and other items used as body decoration in prehistoric times. Over the centuries it came to be a sign of social or religious rank, and in Renaissance Italy, jewelry-making reached the status of a fine art. By the 19th century, industrialization brought jewelry within the reach of the middle class. Firms opened by such jewelers as Carl Fabergé and Louis Comfort Tiffany achieved great success by making fine jewelry for the wealthy.
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Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
And Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, who has built a passionate following of serious collectors with her Mahnaz Collection of rare jewelry, is now bringing vintage watches into the mix.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
Belts also took center stage, ranging from ones with license plates and rodeo belt buckles to slinky chains that doubled as body jewelry.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Mar. 2025
March 1 Residential burglary: Between 8 p.m. on Feb. 28 and 12:10 a.m. on March 1, someone entered a residence in the 15000 block of Bellecourt Avenue by breaking a window and stole an unknown amount of jewelry.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Jewelry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jewelry. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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