Lost Owl "The Lovers" Intaglio Pendant

Lost Owl "The Lovers" Intaglio PendantCupid and Psyche. The Eternal Lovers. Ahh this one is just wonderful. Totally and indulgently romantic. The seal is Wedgwood, black basalt, and it depicts two young lovers kissing. The ultimate and eternal lovers Cupid and Psyche after a 1st or 2nd century Roman marble that resides in the Capitoline Museum. You know how obsessed I am with this archetype, this motif in jewellery and art. A wonderful talisman to romantic love and young love; it's just

the depiction of Ra and the baboons may be seen as a representation of this duality between the sun and the moon

They dotted their hairdos with flickering fireflies or let live beetles

and feature hand engraved motifs and faceted connectors

some light/general wear consistent with age including some scuffs and dings - see images

Such a stone is ready to become a block in the Everlasting House not built by hands but eternal in the heavens

4cm (including bail) by 1

Large carnelian panel suitable for most designs

If the latter

The amphibian is studded with gemstones: a line of emeralds down the spine

And if you were wondering

Minimalist Cleopatra collar dating from the 1970s

probably literally sand) mixed with various alkaline salts