Georgian Cameo Earrings Medusa, Aphrodite & Eros under_1000 Flattered by pale blue

Flattered by pale blue

it was a popular motif in the Victorian era circa 1880

Around the 18th century

a tapered hoop is suspended

Georgian Cameo Earrings Medusa, Aphrodite & Eros under_1000 Flattered by pale blueOne fascinating aspect of symbols, imagery, gods and goddesses, rests in the many layered meanings they take on over the decades, centuries, or millennia. Medusa is one example and depending on the time and place, the image of her has been associated with beauty, rage, a powerful weapon, an evil averting symbol, and many more complex connections. Cultures such as the Berbers of North Africa, and the Greeks and Romans, all have versions of her