moved timeline this is a timeline of jewellery production from the first uses of metal in history to the renaissance bc uses of copper in anatolia iran and eastern europe bc uses of copper in egypt bc smelting technology for copper in egypt and iran bc use of natural zinc copper alloy in egypt bc gold makes an appearance in egyptian jewellery bc egypt and iran makeing simple hammered iron beads bc the middle east employ semi mass production bc first signs of the swagging technique bc beaded wires began to be used bc egyptians using copper lead alloys bc true iron production technology in near east bc the intentional addition of silver and copper to gold bc gold wires are characterised by seam lines that follow a spiral path along the wire bc use of patterned punches bc earplugs and earrings become popular in egypt bc egypt amarna period using resin and mud for repouss backing bc deliberate addition of zinc to copper in canaan bc philistines have iron bc very copper rich gold alloys popular in egypt bc persian sheet bronze work mm thick bc the start of true engraving bc the greeks have iron bc world's oldest coinage in lydia bc in greece jewellery is still very rare bc hafted hammers were being used in some parts bc iron in use in the british isles bc greeks using beeswax for filler in repouss bc use of combined punches and dies of bronze bc animal or human headed hoop earrings were popular bc diadems are first seen bc red coral popular in celtic jewellery ad start of the roman period where addition of silver to gold becomes almost unknown ad sulphur fills hollow gold items throughout the roman empire ad tin rings found in nubia ad lead becomes more common in places ad pewter jewellery is made ad a shale die is found on great britain ad the renaissance ad art nouveau jewellery famous jewellers elias akaoui founder of akaoui stores in cairo egypt paolo bulgari chairman of bulgari pierre cartier co founder of cartier sa peter carl faberg russian jeweller best known for the fabulous faberg eggs ian harris jewellery expert to the bbc's antiques roadshow director of n bloom son scott kay founder of scott kay inc a bridal jewelry company kenneth jay lane founder of kenneth jay lane inc robert lee morris influential in the jewelry as art movement charles lewis tiffany founder of tiffany co sotirios voulgaris founder of bulgari sound of jewellery the sound of jewellery has played an enermous part in many stories poems and religious literature more details and sources to come different jewellery creates different sounds ie plastic bangles create a high pitched clink sound while others such as baxelite produce a clunck sound knowing how a particular piece of jewellery sounds can help someone identify whether or not a piece of jewellery is fake indeed people have written about the sound of fake gold and jewel makers such as sharon alouf a famous jeweler have praised the high frequency pitched noise of gold bangles most likely real gold she is wearing to this day the jeweler claims the sound of bangles clinking together is very soothing to me it always reminds me of motherhood alouf is even partial to particular tones gold produces my favorite sound she says the pitch is higher and clearer which i find energizing i placed this here until my editing of the article is complete but i think the above stuff is obsolete so it could stay here opinions