Walters unearths 5,000 years of bling

Men who wear earrings: Your 17th-century French predecessors’ dangling choices are on display at the Walters Art Museum beside exquisite jewels such as a 1904 Tiffany & Co. necklace.

With 265 glittering diamonds, the lavish piece would make the starkest dresser ache for bling. The necklace is one of more than 200 stunning examples of how rings, bracelets, broaches and lesser-known styles of jewelry such as stomachers evolved from 3,000 B.C. through early 20th century.