Robert Sekulovich Fine Jewelry designs:
the MinorMasterPieces Collection
jewels page 7
and now for a closer look…
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B13 Athena chain bracelet The terminals on this heavy and lush double-chain sterling silver bracelet feature the goddess Athena wearing her signiature helmet graced with the image of a recumbant gryphon. Such mastery of detail and artistry was the pride of the Greek colonists of Syracuse in ancient Sicily wherce the original coin of about 300 B.C. came from. |
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B14 Janus chain bracelet The god Janus was the spirit of doorways and beginnings. He was represented as having two faces, one to the east and the dawn, the other to the west and sunset. His blessings were sought at the start of all new ventures, and especially at births; the beginning of life. Interestingly, he was credited with having brought mankind coinage as well. The coin used here for its image being from the fourth century B.C. |
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R55 Gorgon wavy shank ring Long an extremely popular image in ancient art, the Gorgon head or Medusa could be found in jewelry, on appliques in architecture, and as here on coins. This image dates from about 400 B.C. from Parion on the Black Sea--a Greek trading post of the day. The playful tongue-out face seems far removed from the monster of myth… |
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P83 Leucippus Greek key pendant The Pericles-like helmeted head used on this pendant comes from a Greek two drachma coin of Metapontum in southern Italy of about 340 B.C. The bearded subject is Leucippus, grandson of Perseus and legendary founder of the town. Coincidentally, the philosopher Leucippus, originator of the atomic theory, lived just a few years before this coin was issued… |
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P82 Demeter Greek key pendant Demeter was the "Earth Mother" goddess who gave agriculture and wealth to the world. A holdover from a primordial religion, the Greeks revered her especially. When her daughter Persephone was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld it was she who arranged her daughter's release for part of each year--explaining to them why vegetation died back each year in winter only to be reborn in springtime.She was also central in the Eleusinian mystery cults of Athens and seminal in their ideas of the immortality of the soul.From a coin of the third century B.C. of Metapontum. |
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P84 Helios sunburst pendant The tiny face seen at the heart of this sterling silver sunburst pendant comes from a greek silver coin of Rhodes from around 150 B.C. showing the sun god Apollo-Helios wearing a crown of solar rays facing to the right. The huge statue of this god which stood in that city's harbor known as the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the ancient"Seven Wonders of the World".
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P81 Helios Greek key pendant The splendid face seen on this pendant was taken from a greek silver two drachma coin of Rhodes off the coast of modern southwest Turkey from around 300 B.C. showing a magnificent depiction of the sun god Apollo-Helios facing. The immense bronze statue of this god which stood in that city's harbor, called the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the ancient "Seven Wonders of the World". |
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B17 Dolphins bracelet Dolphins were exceedingly popular subjects for coins and other art in all periods of greek history. Lucky animals whose joy in play in the water was as attractive to them then as it is to us today. Several myths incorporated them, especially the story of young Taras saved from drowning when his father Poseidon sent a dolphin to rescue him (see pendant P79, jewels page 6).These cavorting dolphins are from a coin of Thasos in the northern Aegean Sea, circa 400 B.C.and closely resemble the astrological sign Pisces. |
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P85 Scythian Arrowhead pendant The original of this fine arrow-point with a triangular section was made by the Scythians, a barbaric mounted nomadic people famous for the raids they staged on more settled folk, notably their Greek neighbors to the south. Renowned archers and fierce warriors, like many other martial peoples they had grisly customs such as the pride a Scyth warrior took in drinking the blood of the first enemy he killed in battle. On the other hand they were also famous for their crafts, especially goldsmithing and metallurgy--this elegant arrowhead being a good example. |
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R56 Helios Greek key ring The tiny face seen on this small ring comes from a miniscule Greek silver coin of Rhodes from around 150 B.C. showing the sun god Apollo-Helios wearing a crown of solar rays. The huge statue of this god which stood in that city's harbor, known as the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the ancient "Seven Wonders of the World".
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P86 Hurdler pendant This pendant is something of a departure in this collection as it doesn't derive from a piece of ancient art. The hurdler seen here comes instead from a prize medallion from a sporting event in the 1930's and though in the Art-Deco style shows strong affinities to classical Greek design. As a piece of jewelry it can signify getting over obstacles in life, and rising to challenges. |
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B16 Aries chain bracelet Ram's heads were popular subjects for art in ancient times. One common use was for the "rhyton" drinking cups, made in their shape. The male of the sheep was also greatly honored in Egypt where Amon-Ra the ram-headed god was at the head of their pantheon. For this reason, when the greeks wished to signify divinity on some ruler's head on a coin (see pendant P1, and ring R49 for examples showing Alexander the Great thus) they portrayed him with ram's horns at the temples. Of course the ram as a subject of art is most familiar to us today in representations of the astrological sign Aries. |
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B15 Lion chain bracelet The King of Beasts was one of the most popular and common subjects of ancient art, in Greece and elsewhere. Like eagles, lions signified royalty. No feat of virility and prowess surpassed success in the lion-hunt, from Egypt and Assyria on to Greece and Rome. This handsome example is from a tiny coin of Side on the Mediterranean coast, from about 350 B.C. Naturally, jewelry featuring lions suggest themselves as presents for those born under the sign of Leo! |
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