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  1. brooch
    Brooch, designed by Barbara Paganin, 2011, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  2. hair ornament
    Hair ornament, designed by Philippe Wolfers, 1905 – 7, Belgium
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  3. necklace
    Necklace, designed by Santhi Wongchan, made by Niphon Yodkranpan, 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  4. eye miniature
    Eye miniature, early 19th century, England
    On loan
  5. spray ornament
    Spray ornament, about 1850, England
    On loan
  6. collar
    The Shannongrove Gorget, collar, 800 BC – 700 BC, Ireland
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  1. beaker
    Beaker, 1600 – 25, Europe
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  2. snuffbox
    Snuffbox, about 1750, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  3. micromosaic
    Micromosaic, made by Giovanni Morelli, 1820, Rome, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  4. plaque
    The Capitoline Doves, plaque, by Giacomo Raffaelli, 1801, Rome, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    View by appointment
  5. miniature
    Enamel miniature on copper of George Washington, by Henry Bone after Gilbert Stuart, 1825, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  6. ewer
    (Detail) Ewer, made by Paul de Lamerie, 1742 – 3, London, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  7. snuffbox
    Snuffbox, designed by Jean Guillaume Krüger, 1775 – 80, Berlin, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  8. tiara
    Tiara, made by Real Laboratorio and Opificio, about 1808, Naples, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  9. cabinet
    Cabinet, 17th century, northern Europe
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  10. cup
    Cup, made by Samuel Kassborer and Hans Kässborer, about 1600, Ulm, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  11. miniature
    Miniature, made by Johann Heinrich Hurter, 1781, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  12. snuffbox
    Snuffbox, made by Moulinie and Bautte & Moynier, 1804 – 9, Geneva, Switzerland
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  13. cup
    Cup, 1480 – 90, Venice, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  14. snuffbox
    Snuffbox, about 1765, Berlin, Germany
  15. table
    Table, 1861 – 90, Rome, Italy
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  1. hat
    Hat, designed by Simone Mirman, about 1955, London, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  2. evening dress
    Evening dress, designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1954, Paris, France
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  3. man's suit
    Man's suit, designed by Mr Fish, manufactured by Hexter, about 1968, London, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  4. pair of shoes
    Pair of shoes, 1550 – 1070 BC, Egypt
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  5. mantua
    Mantua, 1755 – 60, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  6. dress
    Plato's Atlantis, dress, designed by Alexander McQueen, 2010, London, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  7. black, brown, green and white striped cotton trench coat with belt, blue-grey poplin trousers with a black and yellow pattern
    Man's ensemble, designed by Stella Jean, Spring/Summer 2014, Italy and Burkina Faso. Museum no. T.21:1 to 5-2014.
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  1. pectoral cross
    The Real Thing, pectoral cross, by David Poston, 2004, Suffolk, England
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  2. reliquary
    Reliquary, head of Saint Januarius, about 1500 – 50, Switzerland or Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  3. shaffron
    Shaffron for a large horse, about 1525, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  4. necessaire
    Necessaire (watch), by James Cox, about 1770, London
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  5. crosier
    Crosier, 1200 – 1300, Limoges, France
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  6. sconce in the design of a peacock
    The Peacock Sconce, by Alexander Fisher, about 1899, England
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  7. union Centrepiece
    Union Centrepiece, by Miriam Hanid, 2013, England
    V&A South Kensington
    View by appointment
  8. nef
    Nef, by Esaias zur Linden, 1609 – 29, Nuremberg, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  9. gondola prow
    Gondola prow, 1600 – 1700, Venice, Italy
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  10. meat slicer
    'Streamliner', meat slicer, designed by Egmont Arens and Theodore C. Brookhart in 1940, manufactured by Hobart manufacturing Co from 1944, USA
    V&A South Kensington
    View by appointment
  11. paper bag (Sugar)
    Paper bag (Sugar), by David Bielander, 2017, Munich, Germany
    Young V&A
    On display
  12. armet
    Armet, 1520 – 1540, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  13. hanukkah Lamp
    Hanukkah lamp, by Eli Gera, 1970 – 80, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
    V&A East Storehouse
    On display
  14. spoon
    Spoon, about 1550 – 75, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  15. chair
    Armchair, made by Russian Imperial Arms Factory, about 1750, Tula, Russia
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  1. triptych
    Triptych, by Master of the Louis XII Triptych, about 1498 – 1514, Limoges, France
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  2. dish
    Dish, by Muhammad Ja'far, 1817 – 1818, Tehran, Iran
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  3. turban ornament
    Turban Ornament, about 1800 – 50, Jaipur, India
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  4. box
    Box, by Jean Georges Rémond et Cie., 1783 – 1790, Switzerland
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  5. beaker
    Beaker, by Pavel Ovchinikov, 1892, Moscow, Russia
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  6. handbag
    Handbag, by Haruta Yukihito, 2008, Japan
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  7. cup and cover
    The Mérode Cup, cup and cover, about 1400, France
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  8. cup
    The Habsburg-Rosenberg Cup, 1665, Augsburg, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  9. jug
    Jug, designed by Gerald Benney, made by Alan Evans, 1978, England
    V&A South Kensington
    View by appointment
  10. enamel miniature
    Portrait of Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin, enamel miniature, by Jean Petitot Sr, about 1675, France
    V&A South Kensington
    View by appointment
  11. snuff box
    Snuff box, 1765 – 1775, Birmingham, England
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  12. vessel
    Vessel, 1736 – 1795, Beijing, China
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  13. plaque
    Success to the British Fisheries, plaque, designed and engraved by Louis Philippe Boitard, 1750 – 1751, Birmingham, England
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  14. fish slice
    Fish slice, by Linda Darty, 2004, North Carolina, US
    Young V&A
    On display
  15. casket
    The Becket Casket, about 1180 – 1190, Limoges, France
    V&A South Kensington
    On display

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    This exquisite 'papillon' ring was designed in 2014 by London-based master jeweller G (Glenn Spiro) for Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

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  1. mechanical organ
    Tippoo's Tiger, mechanical organ, about 1793, Mysore, India
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  2. plaster cast of Trajan's Column
    (Detail) Trajan's column, plaster cast, by Monsieur Oudry, about 1864, Paris, France
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  3. bed
    The Great Bed of Ware, designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1590 – 1600, Ware, England
    V&A South Kensington
    On display
  4. 3D-printed logotype woodblock
    3D-printed Extinction Rebellion logotype woodblock
    Not on display
  5. pride Flag
    Progress Pride flag, designed by Daniel Quasar, manufactured by Custom Flag Company Inc., 2020, Westminster
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  6. evening ensemble
    (Detail) Pérou evening ensemble, designed by Christian Dior, by Bodin Brossin, 1954, Paris, France
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  7. Costumes
    Costumes for 'Le Train Bleu', designed by Coco Chanel, 1924
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  1. plate
    'Variations on a Geometric Theme' plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1970, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    On loan
  2. vase
    Portland Vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1793, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  3. painting
    Wedgwood family portrait, oil painting, by George Stubbs, 1780, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  4. vase
    Lessore Vase, painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, about 1863, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  5. yellow and black oval medallion
    Anti-slavery medallion, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1787, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    Not on display
  6. teapot in the shape of a cauliflower
    Teapot moulded in the shape of a cauliflower, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1765, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  7. trial tray
    Jasperware trials mounted on a wooden tray, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1773 – 76, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  8. teapot
    Teapot, designed by Douglas Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1906
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  9. Detail of brightly coloured bowl
    Detail of 'Fairyland Lustre' bowl, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1923, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    V&A Wedgwood Collection
    On display
  1. installation
    Place (Village), installation, by Rachel Whiteread, about 1995 – 2015, London
    Young V&A
    On display
  2. installation
    Planetarium, installation, by Tristan Blondeau, 2023, Paris, France
    Young V&A
    On display
  3. print
    The Self-Portrait, print, by Quentin Blake, 2010, UK
    Young V&A
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  4. dolls' house
    Bettiscombe, dolls' house, about 1870, England
    Young V&A
    On display
  5. soft toy
    Pikachu, soft toy, manufactured by Deutshe Toy GMBH, 1995 – 99, Munich, Germany
    Young V&A
    On display
  6. bionic arm
    'Hero Arm', Open Bionics, 3D printed bionic arm for a child, Bristol, England
    Young V&A
    On display
  7. computer
    Amstrad CPC 464 Computer, manufactured by Amstrad, 1984, England
    Young V&A
    On display
  8. film hoarding
    Devdas, film hoarding, by Balkrishna Arts, 2002, London, England
    Young V&A
    On display
  9. toys
    Death Star, designed by Bjarke Lykke Madsen, designed by Bas Brederode, manufactured by The LEGO Group, 2011 – 12, Denmark
    Young V&A
    On display
  1. ensemble
    Cut, Slash & Pull, ensemble, by Vivienne Westwood, 1990, England
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  2. powder bowl
    Powder bowl, made by Halex Ltd, 1930 – 39, Walthamstow, London, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    View by appointment
  3. corset
    Corset, maker unknown, 1895 – 1900, possibly made in Germany or England
    V&A East Storehouse
    On display
  4. t-shirt
    Hackney Lesbian Strength and Gay Pride 1993, t-shirt, maker unknown, 1993, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    On display
  5. silk programme
    Silk programme printed for the 'Grand Opening Night' of the Empire Palace Theatre Stratford, London, designer unknown, 1899, London, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    On display
  6. tracksuit
    Tracksuit showing scenes from the 2011 East London riots, by SIBLING, 2012, London, England
    V&A East Storehouse
    On display
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a gloves hand holds a Japanese netsuke
two people unpack a punk hat in a study centre

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Header image: (Detail:) Snuffbox, designer unknown, 1765, Berlin, Germany. Museum no. LOAN:GILBERT.413:1 to 2-2008. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London