Circa 3rd century AD
Drop: 4.2 cm
Pair of fine gold openwork earrings of circular form each with three garnet drops attached by loops to a decorative panel at the bottom of the circular body. The stones are set within gold mounts, the gold wire extending down and forming a knot (this may have held a second stone in place on each drop - now missing). At the centre of the large ornate discs, a garnet bead attached with a gold pin through the centre.
Condition: Small area of damage to filigree at the top of on one earring restored and one hook replaced
Literature: For a very similar example from the period, see B. Deppert-Lippitz, 'Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art' (Dallas, 1996), fig. 102, p. 146.
Provenance: Private collection UK, acquired 1960-1980
Circa 3rd century AD
Drop: 4.2 cm
Pair of fine gold openwork earrings of circular form each with three garnet drops attached by loops to a decorative panel at the bottom of the circular body. The stones are set within gold mounts, the gold wire extending down and forming a knot (this may have held a second stone in place on each drop - now missing). At the centre of the large ornate discs, a garnet bead attached with a gold pin through the centre.
Condition: Small area of damage to filigree at the top of on one earring restored and one hook replaced
Literature: For a very similar example from the period, see B. Deppert-Lippitz, 'Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art' (Dallas, 1996), fig. 102, p. 146.
Provenance: Private collection UK, acquired 1960-1980
