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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF GERMANIC GOLD AND CARNELIAN EARRINGS
Circa 5th Century A.D.
Each composed of a bell-shaped sheet rimmed with one plain and two twisted wires, and set with carnelians, triangular, oval and rectangular in shape, the reverse with a hooked, tapering earwire, the lower edge with five rings supporting lengths of loop-in-loop chain, each terminating in a bell-shaped pendant
2½ in. (6.3 cm) long (2)
Circa 5th Century A.D.
Each composed of a bell-shaped sheet rimmed with one plain and two twisted wires, and set with carnelians, triangular, oval and rectangular in shape, the reverse with a hooked, tapering earwire, the lower edge with five rings supporting lengths of loop-in-loop chain, each terminating in a bell-shaped pendant
2½ in. (6.3 cm) long (2)