Lost Owl "The Lovers" Intaglio Pendant
Cupid 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 tender and beautiful and that it is made after an ancient Greek statue... that's so cool (the original Roman marble was, of course, a copy of an earlier Greek statue). If you’ve not been to the Capitoline Museums in Rome just save up all your money and get there. It’s incredible. It’s full to the brim with all of these amazing ancient things they just found buried in Rome. Utterly amazing.
The mount is in the Roman style: a double bezel in recycled 22 carat gold and the back is 18 carat for strength and durability.
“Since divine honours were being diverted in this excessive way to the worship of a mortal girl, the anger of the true Venus was fiercely kindled.”
"Love and the Soul... had sought and, after sore trials, found each other; and that union could never be broken."
Part of our three-piece series exploring love.
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Size: 2.7cm by 2.0cm
Metal: Recycled 22ct and 18ct Gold
Stone: Black Basalt intaglio
Marks: Signed Wedgwood
Weight: 5.3 grams
Made in England
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