A ROMAN STYLE NECKLACE

Description:

20th c. Custom-made for Derek J. Content, London using Roman glass rods c. 2nd-3rd c. AD.
L. 34 cm
900/000 yellow gold (tested), 15 double-heart-shaped gold links divided by 7 polygonal green glass rods and finely worked clasp. Weight ca. 7,3g.
Old private Collection, Berlin.
Lit. F.M. Marshall: Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1911 . fig. 2730