Arts and Crafts Silver Green Enamel Grapes Pendant moon 3 mm across

3 mm across

yet airy and playful

4 mm from north to south and 20

The two pins are unmarked but were most likely made in France and test as silver

6 grams and is a size 9

Arts and Crafts Silver Green Enamel Grapes Pendant moon 3 mm acrossThe grape motif is far from new. In Ancient times, it was a symbol for the Roman God Bacchus, the god of wine and vegetation. You could honor him by drinking wine, and many wine cups were decorated with images of grapes and vines. (Grapes and wine were of course, also likened to danger and debauchery!) One of the oldest domesticated crops known to man, grapes have been cultivated for 6,000 8,000 years, with the oldest known winery dating to around