Greek Jewellery - 5000 years of tradition

Greek Jewellery
Jewellery-making Techniques
from Antiquity to Recent Times


Fig. 12 Gold bead, 8th century BC (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, XP.1520)	Drawing 4 Reconstruction of different chains.

Fid. 13 Detail under microscope of an enamelled gold rosette, early 4th century BC. On one wire the twisting made in its formation can be clearly seen (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, ST.305) Fig. 14 Detail under microscope of achain with dolphin terminal, showing the looping of the wire to form the chain, 2nd century BC (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, XP.780)

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Fid. 13 Detail under microscope of an enamelled gold rosette, early 4th century BC. On one wire the twisting made in its formation can be clearly seen (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, ST.305)	Fig. 14 Detail under microscope of achain with dolphin terminal, showing the looping of the wire to form the chain, 2nd century BC (Athens, National Archaeological Museum, XP.780)