Pearl – Natural, Rough, White

Crotalia earrings like these were popular pieces of jewelry in Imperial Roman times because the pearl pendants jingled when worn. Gold and pearls. Roman, 1st century CE, 2.9 cm. Rogers Fund, 1920. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain. (Cropped to show detail).

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Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art