Forever Dancing – Bright Star, 2013, in yellow diamonds, fancy colored diamonds, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl, butterfly specimen, pearls, and titanium, by Wallace Chan.

Claudette Colbert’s Starfish brooch, 1937, in 18k gold, rubies, and amethysts, by Juliette Moutard for Boivin.

Marjorie Merriweather Post brooch, 1929, in platinum, emerald and diamonds, by Oscar Heyman Bros.

Jali brooch, 2024, in 18k gold, diamonds and emeralds, by Bhagat.

Pair of tassel earrings and mold, 2018 in iron, white gold, sapphires, by Hemmerle.

Blue Anthurium brooch, 2021, in Paraiba tourmalines, aquamarines, spinels, sapphires, and diamonds, and 18k electroplated gold, by Feng J.

Enchanted Ania brooch, 2023, in spinels, round brilliant cut diamonds and titanium, by Anna Hu.

Scorpion necklace, 1978, in silver, by Elsa Peretti.

Egyptian Wesekh broadcollar, 2246–2152 B.C. in gold, steatite, turquoise, and lapis lazuli; Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1913.

Adam and Eve, 1985, in glass, wire and nylon, by Joyce Scott; from the Daphne Farago Collection.

Ellington necklace, 1958, in silver, turquoise, rhodonite, chalcedony, amazonite, by Art Smith; from the Daphne Farago Collection.

Choker #88, 2005, in 18k and 22k double twined gold, by Mary Lee Hu.

Baroness Clarice de Rothschild’s natural pearl and diamond necklace, circa 1880, in silver, gold, natural pearls; gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild, 2013.

Earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot, circa 350–325 BCE, in gold and enamel, Henry Lillie Pierce Fund, 1898.