Jewellery in the Renaissance was a rich and high quality form of jewellery as compared to today. Jewellery in the Renaissance was a form of status symbol that the Royal families and high rank families and official adorned themselves with. Jewellery in the Renaissance was used to show off a person's high status in the society above the common people. In Renaissance era, there was virtually no middle class; there was an upper class and the lower class, and a very small non-existent middle class. Jewellery in the Renaissance used ample jewels embedded in gold or silver. Canes were also commonly plated with gold and silver and placed with jewels.

To find today jewellery in the Renaissance you may want to look onto the world web to find online Renaissance jewellery stores. You will find a complete range of the jewellery in the Renaissance. Will Renaissance
portraits to compare the designs with. Jewellery in the Renaissance was an exquisite form of art that is still alive. But, the jewellery in the Renaissance is not overly demanded and neither is it overly popular today.

Being a status symbol, jewellery in the Renaissance was made of precious metals and gems. Even though the gems were not as finely cut or of the same clarity as are available today, the most preferred gems in the jewellery in the Renaissance were sapphires, rubies, diamonds and emeralds. Jewellery in the Renaissance gradually grew from simpler designs and styles to more complex and intricate ones. There was a transition in the jewellery in the Renaissance from the 1400s to the 1650s, where the designs modernized and used much better quality materials and gems. Looking at the Renaissance portraits from these periods the transition is clearly visible, as they are the main source of reference for us.