EditorialRaft-like platforms that float on the surface of Ago Bay, above thousands of oysters held in nets to create pearls that are sold around the world, at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 27, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialPearls Julie Moore wore to special events on display at the National Infantry Museum in Fort Moore, Ga. on May 8, 2023. (Arin Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialPearls Julie Moore wore to special events on display at the National Infantry Museum in Fort Moore, Ga. on May 8, 2023. (Arin Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialPearls Julie Moore wore to special events on display at the National Infantry Museum in Fort Moore, Ga. on May 8, 2023. (Arin Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialBrooch, ca. 970?1030, Made in probably northern Italy, Ottonian, Gold, pearls, glass, cloisonn? enamel, Overall: 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. (3.8 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Gold, This brooch in the shape of a star is decorated with miniature architectural forms construc...
EditorialTeuderic reliquary; the inscription on the back of the gold-plated silver shrine names a couple who asked the presbiter Teuderic to have a small coffer made in honour of Saint Maurice. The center gem is a Merovingian glass-paste. Gold-plated silver, pe...