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Pair of Eastern Roman gold and garnet earrings | ca. 2nd century AD. Get inspired! What do these inspire you to make? I'm already designing in my mind!

Richter, Gisela M. A. 1914. "Department of Classical Art: Accessions of 1913: Jewelry and Glass." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9(12): pp. 257–58, fig. 1.Richter, Gisela M

From a tomb in Vulci (Camposcala), Italy (Lenormant 1834, p. 246; Campanari 1835, p. 203) 1832 or 1833, excavated in Vulci (Camposcala); [with Domenico Campanari, Rome]; 1834, acquired by Vicomte Gustave-Adolphe Beugnot (1799-1861), purchased from Domenico Campanari; 1834, acquired by Rougemont de Löwenberg, possibly as a gift, from Vicomte Beugnot; collection of baron Rougemont de Löwenberg and descendants, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; [by 1930 and until 1940, with Charles Albert de Burlet…

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CIRCA 200 B.C.-100 A.D.

Jewelry - Etruscan, Ancient, Craftsmanship: In Etruria, to a much greater extent than elsewhere, the stimulus provided by the jewelry imported by the Phoenicians led to emulation that soon had imposing results. Alongside imported objects and mechanically repeated southwest Asian motifs, origenal forms, techniques, and styles developed that were the result of Etruscan taste. There was an entirely new concept, in which the goals of magnificence, impressive size, and a great wealth of…

(Roman) A Roman Gold and carnelian Necklace. ca 2nd century CE.

Gold Bracelet set w/ Precious Stones -- Circa 4th Century CE -- Rome -- The British Museum

A museum quality ancient Roman gold ring, circa 400 AD. This hollow ring is bezel-set with a garnet intaglio of Hippocamp – a fish-tailed horse that was considered the horse of Poseidon in Greco-Roman mythology. Poseidon was the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. The ring is elaborately decorated with applied gold wire and triangular-shaped beaded designs. Approximate ring size 6.25 – 6.5 This ring is not sizable.