Earring with Goose
Dublin Core
Title
Earring with Goose
Subject
Gold
Description
A finely crafted gold hoop earring feturing a goose. Empty loops above the goose's head would have once housed gemstones of some kind. The ring has been restored and is made from hollow sheet gold crafted to a tapering point at one end and a loop clasp at the other. The goose stands on a small, two tiered, hollow pedestal which is separate to the earring. The goose itself is decorated with filligree and granulation in the form of rosettes, tongues and chevrons, and is also made of sheet gold. The mouth is separate. The casings for the gems are also bordered with granulation and the top piece is decorated with a floral pattern including a large rosette flanked with two smaller ones. Closest to Higgins Hellenistic Earring Type 2D but generally similar to others of type 2 which date to the mid to late hellenistic periods.
Creator
Hellenistic period
Source
Purchased from Fragments of Time, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2008
Date
325 - 100 BC
Identifier
08.005
Provenance
Purchased from Fragments of Time, Massachusetts, 2008.
Sold by Christie, Mason & Woods Ltd, London, Lot 425, 13th May 2003.
With Christie, Mason & Woods Ltd, London, Lot 304, 14th May 2002.
Part of a European Private Collection, prior to 2002.
Part of the Bochberg Collection, Germany, prior to 1977.
Sold by Christie, Mason & Woods Ltd, London, Lot 425, 13th May 2003.
With Christie, Mason & Woods Ltd, London, Lot 304, 14th May 2002.
Part of a European Private Collection, prior to 2002.
Part of the Bochberg Collection, Germany, prior to 1977.
Files
Citation
Hellenistic period, “Earring with Goose,” RD Milns Antiquities Museum Online Exhibitions, accessed May 4, 2024, https://uqantiquitiesonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/111.