1991.75.47, Necklace Greece, ca. 4th-1st century B.C.E., gold, coral
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This necklace illustrates a
1991.75.90, Necklace, Greece, 2nd century B.C.E., gold, glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
On this ancient Greek necklace, globular glass beads in green, blue, red, and translucent colors alternate with white glass beads in the shape of dumbbells.
1991.75.48, Necklace, Greece, ca. 5th-4th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The fine, cord-like loop-in-loop chain of this ancient Greek necklace supports three gold pendants. Two are in the shape of amphorae; one consists of four rosettes made from sheet gold and soldered vertically to a central tube.
1991.75.38, Diadem, Greece, ca. 6th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.67, Ring with box-shaped bezel, Greece, 2nd century B.C.E., gold, rock crystal, enamel
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rings made from sheet gold or gold wire occur in Greek graves dating to the 10th century BCE, and there is constant evidence that simple gold bands or rings were worn as rings in the following centuries.
1991.75.69, Ring with intaglio, Greece, late 3rd century B.C.E., gilded bronze, garnet
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rings made from sheet gold or gold wire occur in Greek graves dating to the 10th century BCE, and there is consistant evidence that simple gold bands w
1991.75.76, Necklace with pendant, Greece, 2nd century B.C.E., gold garnet
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This ancient Greek necklace is composed of thirty-seven spool-shaped garnet beads, each threaded between the loops of a double-eight-shaped link of gold wire, alternating with thirty-nine gold beads of the same shape, threaded in the same way.
1991.75.88, Ring with engraved gem, Greece, 2nd-1st century B.C.E., Gilded (?) bronze, garnet
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rings made from sheet gold or gold wire occur in Greek graves dating to the 10th century BCE, and there is constant evidence that simple gold bands or rings were worn as rings in the following centuries.
1991.75.89, Necklace, Greece, 1st century B.C.E., gold, gilded glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Hellenistic Greek necklace is composed of globular beads and amphora-shaped pendants, alternately arranged. Both the beads and the pendants are made from gilded glass.
1991.75.70, Ring with cameo, Greece, late 3rd century B.C.E., gold, sardonyx
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rings made from sheet gold or gold wire occur in Greek graves dating to the 10th century BCE, and there is consistent evidence that simple gold bands were worn as rings in the following centuries.