Hellenistic gold and garnet ring, dated to the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE. The garnet is an intaglio inscribed with the image of a hero. Source: Timeline Auctions.
To start the new year, I figured I’d try a micro mineral shot. This is a 2.8mm #garnet #crystal from the Doomsday prospect near De Luz in San Diego County. It’s most likely an almandine-spessartine blend.
An Ostrogothic belt buckle from the 6th century. This would have been worn by a woman of high status who was probably dressing in more of a Mediterranean fashion. The large central garnet is surrounded by cloisonnégarnets and green glass in a mosaic pattern. I think we should bring cloisonnéback in style.
Here is the Mathildis Coronet finished and being set up for a photograph. The gloved finger gives an idea of scale. The Coronet is on show at the Goldsmiths’ Centre @gsmithscentre until July 11. Image credit: Lindsay Cameron @licameroncrisford . #thelilyholdsfirm #workinprogress #engraving #handengraved #symbolism #contemporaryjewelry #contemporaryart #jewellerybench #colletsetting #contemporarycalligraphy #artistlettering #jewellery #crown #corona #pearls #jewellerymaking #silver #plata #argent #stones #piedras #numbers #garnets #granate #grenate #soldering #soldadura #acjmember #handengraversassociation # https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAj4yJAN_6/?igshid=17o1llhyzk8cr
Gold armband with Herakles knot. Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC, Greek, gold inlaid with garnets, emeralds and enamel. According to the Roman writer Pliny, the decorative device of the Herakles knot could cure wounds and its popularity in Hellenistic jewelry suggests that it was thought to have the power to avert evil. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
