#ancient beauty
Who doesn’t love a ring with a lil horse on it?
[ID: A photograph of a gold ring with a silver metal inset; the inset is engraved wit ha horse, head lowered, one leg raised, as if they are grazing or about to trample something.]
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Several decorative hairpins made of bone and copper alloy. They were found during excavations at the County Hospital in Dorchester, Dorset.
Image from Wessex Archaeology’s flickr:Hairpins
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An ivory comb decorated with lions and geometric designs. It is Etruscan from the 6th- 5th century BC and from Naples in Italy.
Image from The Art Walters Museum via their online collection:71.495
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