From Troy to the Roman Empire

The collection of Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim includes pieces that date back to the 3rd millennium BC. Back then, jewelry was still closely related to magical and mythical principles that influenced and shaped people’s lives. The bases from which jewelry evolved over the course of the millennia as a phenomenon of immense aesthetic diversity include amulets and […]

Rise of Constantine the Great

A melting pot of jewelry influences, originating with Constantine the Great and the Eastern Roman Empire in Byzantium to Northern Europe, Southern Europe, the Black Sea, Pannonia and south of the Alps. No matter the location, jewelry has often been a subject of luxurious tastes and aristocracy, imperial courts and honorary gifts of merit, as […]