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Frog cufflinks, red green |
$69
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Size: 5/8" x 5/8"
Many cultures regard the frog as a symbol of life, good luck and resurrection. Because it lays quantities of eggs, it is a fertility symbol and was sacred to the frog-headed Heket, Egyptian goddess of birth. The frog symbolizes the flooding of the Nile. To the Celts, the frog was the lord of earth and represented the curative power of water.
24 Karat red/green enameled gold-plate over pewter and brass, enhaced by rhinestones.
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Greek, Alexander the Great cufflinks |
$51
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Size: 7/8" Diameter
The coin motif is a replica of a Greek Drachm issed by Alexander the Great, Circa 330 BC.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter and brass.
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Greek, Athena coin cufflinks |
$51
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Size: 5/8" Diameter
The coin motif is a replica of a Greek Hemidrachm, issued by Pharsalos Thessaly (480-450BC). The image of the head of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
Silver-plate over pewter and brass.
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Greek, Athena coin cufflinks |
$51
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Size: 5/8" Diameter
The coin motif is a replica of a Greek Hemidrachm, issued by Pharsalos Thessaly (480-450BC). The image of the head of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter and brass.
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Lion head cufflinks |
$63
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Size: 0.5" x 1"
The lion – a powerfully built cat of the family Felidae. The proverbial “king of beasts,” the lion has been, since earliest times, one of the best known of wild animals. It is now found mainly in parts of Africa south of the Sahara.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter and brass.
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Lion-head cufflinks |
$54
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Size: 3/4" x 7/8"
The lion-head jewelry was adapted from a pair of bronze mounts designed by Andrei Voronikhin ca. 1804, from a set of doors leading into Count Paul Stroganoff's private apartment in the Stroganoff Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter and brass.
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