Buy Sterling Silver Pendant, 18mm Ancient Roman Glass, Cut Out Wire Design, 1-1/4 inch longSterling Silver Pendant, 18mm Ancient Roman Glass, Cut Out Wire Design, 1-1/4 inch long Product Description:
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Sterling Silver Pendant, 18mm Ancient Roman Glass, Cut Out Wire Design, 1-1/4 inch long .925 Sterling Silver. Museum-quality Ancient Roman Glass Jewelry blends the mystique and romance of the ancient world, a unique beauty shaped by the forces of nature, and skilled modern craftsmanship. The result is a wearable piece of history that, with proper care, will be treasured for generations to come. Almost 2000 years ago, the Roman Empire was the birthplace of new glass-blowing techniques used to create items like plates, vases, bowls and jars. Roman glass tradesmen brought these glass-blowing skills to the Holy Land at the time of the Roman Occupation. Today, this ancient glass is being recovered in archaeological sites in Israel, which was a major center for glass production during ancient times. Because Roman Glass jewelry is made of fragments of these ancient hand-blown glass objects, each piece varies in shape, thickness and color. Every piece of Roman Glass jewelry is one-of-a-kind. As each glass piece is shaped and set by hand, as in ancient times, there can be slight differences in the settings of each piece. If the glass was found laying in the soil, it will have formed a thin natural layer called the Òpatina.Ó This oxidation process in mineral-rich soil is how Ancient Roman Glass jewelry gets its beautiful and complex shades of blue, green, pink and purple--formed over the course of centuries. If the glass was held above the ground, stored in pockets of earth within old buildings, the patina did not develop, but the glass aged into a lovely clear green color that is complimentary to any complexion.
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Very pretty
By Pallas
Feels substantial, very unique and pretty. The glass is not smooth, but has a fairly rough surface, but this doesn't detract from it. Nicely finished.
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