Featured Subject of this Relief Molded Classical Mythology Pendant?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Curioser, Apr 16, 2024.

  1. Curioser

    Curioser Well-Known Member

    This is a Nettie Rosenstein necklace with an ivory-color relief image of 2 women in draped garments playing harps within thick vines/foliage with a monster/satyr face at the base. I tried some Roman/Greek mythology searches for women with harps but found nothing that included a scary male figure.

    I tried Bacchus searches to include harps with nothing truly relevant found. Is this a made-up classical-type depiction? Any input appreciated!
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    Last edited: Apr 16, 2024
  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Interesting, but not really consistent with any particular figures or story from classical mythology. They are playing lyres, sort of a suggestion of grain around them, & a mask, more like the Green Man, although perhaps it could be seen as Pan.
     
  4. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Orpheus?
     
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  5. Curioser

    Curioser Well-Known Member

    Thanks @Bronwen and @2manybooks! The Orpheus angle is interesting but in this pendant the ladies play the lyre. I'd like the Green Man more than the scary dude I see in this necklace, darn! And Pan without horns or a flute seems a miss.

    It may be just some decorative fantasy on the part of the designer.
     
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  6. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I could not see they were ladies!
     
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  7. Curioser

    Curioser Well-Known Member

    No problem!
     
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