Bracelet
Palestine
The two serpents' heads overlap and are joined by wire that protrudes out of the snake’s mouth like a tongue. Throughout the Hellenistic and Roman periods this type of serpent-form jewellery symbolised immortality and eternity.
Earliest Rothschild collector: Baron Edmond de Rothschild; b.1845, d.1934
Credit: Gift of Dorothy de Rothschild, 1971
1st Century BC-1st Century AD
Gold
8051.5
Image and text © Waddesdon Manor, 2019
Where you'll find this
Waddesdon Manor
Permanent collection