ZOOMSHOP Roman Style Earring KIT

These are not the exact same earrings — I don’t have a photo of them.

Your Roman-Style Pearl & Garnet Copper Earrings will be exactly the type and design worn by many Roman women 2,000 years ago.

The Much older Greek civilization and its influence on Roman jewelry is quite clear. The Romans copied all things Greek — Hellenistic statues, jewelry, clothing, foods and some social customs were eagerly adopted by the Roman conquerors, and Greek objects flooded into the Empire, carried to the mainland by Roman merchant ships and Trade Route caravans.

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ZOOMSHOP – UR Earrings

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Your Ur-Style Pearl & Copper Earrings could easily have been worn by a woman of the early Bronze Age, when metallurgical embellishments included granulation, as do the ones you’ll be making. Granulation is a hand-craft. The beautiful but slightly irregularly shaped off-round pearls are similar to the Mediterranean pearl, the last of which were fished out of the sea many centuries ago.

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