They also practiced the tecnique of the niello, which was filling apposite setting with enamel or a vitreous colored paste. Both men and women of high rank wore the necklace called usekh, made by many strings of pearls, or gold chains with many pendants.

The women wore also many bracelets on their wrists, on their arms and on their ankles. A distinguishing sign was the sealed ring, on which there was engraved the owner’s name or formulas of good whishes.
As the paintings in the tombs, even the jewels had a naturalistic taste: floral decorations, figures of real or fantastic animals decorated personal and amulets.
From the XIX to the XXI dynasty, the taste became less refined and the jewels appeared “heavier” with many decorations of glass and faience, with settings and platings.

 Moreover, earrings appeared, followed by rings. There were many techniques of decoration, of filigree, of settings, of coloring and of working of the metals; the study of these techniques has influenced a lot the modern jeweller’s art.
 

Jewels

Casket of jewels