Earring

MS2548

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2548
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Description

One complete spiral ring ending in snake's (?) head, the other incomplete, in two sections. Gold wire gradually increasing in thickness toward head. "Found in small cup in Orvieto"

Outside Diameter 1.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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