article_snippet.sent: The novelist, who died in 2014 aged 90, amassed a spectacular collection of Greek, Egyptian and Roman jewellery during novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard lifetime, among Greek, Egyptian and Roman jewellery pieces up to 3,500 years old.
article_snippet.sent: Collector: Elizabeth Jane Howard, pictured with Kingsley Amis, collected ancient jewellery .
article_snippet.sent: Howard, a former model who became the second wife of Lucky Jim novelist Kingsley Amis in 1965, adored historic jewellery and, despite historic jewellery great age, was regularly photographed in historic jewellery. '
article_snippet.sent: Unlike many collectors who prefer to display their treasures, Elizabeth Jane Howard held the view that jewellery was made to be used,' explains Madeleine Perridge, head of antiquities at Bonhams. '
article_snippet.sent: Elizabeth Jane Howard took great pleasure in wearing beautiful objects that had been worn by women thousands of years ago.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The ancient jewels belonged to novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Howard, who died in January 2014, often wore the jewellery .
  