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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4071752, member: 5833&quot;]I probably did not buy any jewellery from the Met&#039;s shop before the late 70s &amp; haven&#039;t bought anything in the last few years.&nbsp; In between, the only box I&#039;ve seen is the gold one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some items that are perennial best sellers stay in inventory year after year, but new lines are introduced every year while others are discontinued after a few years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most jewellery, with some exceptions, is not designed in exact imitation of either actual jewels in the collection or depictions of gems in painting &amp; sculpture.&nbsp; They will take a detail like the watch chain or a section of embroidery in a painting &amp; use it as inspiration for design.&nbsp; Sometimes they collaborate with another museum to produce an item based on something in the collection of the other institution.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bracelet in question does not look like any of their Egyptian-themed jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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