Gold ‘grape’ earrings, Rome, 200 AD
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This classic type of Roman jewelry, dating to 200 AD, is a pair of ‘grape’ earrings. The pendant is a gold grape-like cluster of hollow balls, each adorned with numerous motifs made of three granules. The hollow balls are mounted on cylindric incised platforms, the last of which holds the final ball, with a three granule pending end. “The S-shaped ear wire has a convex shield in front, dotted with three granules and edged with one set of two wires wound together” (Garside 1980:108, fig. 303). According to Garside, the term ‘grape’ earrings was used by Pollux, a 2nd. century AD scholar in Onomasticon: V, 97. Bibliography (for this item)Garside, Anne1980 Jewelry: Ancient to Modern. Viking Press, New York, NY. (108, fig. 303) |
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