SOLD. Aurora Goddess of Dawn Gold Vermeil Pendant

SOLD, more to come, though the bail will be different as I can no longer buy the bails!
Aurora the Goddess of Dawn (also know as Eos) stunning Roman mythological pendants in a choice of gold vermeil, bright silver or patinated silver (please see other listings). Please NOTE I tend to plate these to order, please allow a couple days for me to do so. These are the smaller version of these pendants, 3.1cm (1 1/4 inches) in height from the top of the bail and 2.3cm wide for the gold vermeil pendant (15/16 of an inch). The gold vermeil Aurora hangs from a Popcorn style chain 46cm long or 18 inches. The gold vermeil Aurora is thickly plated with 24 carat/karat gold to approximately 2.5 microns, which is the French standard for gold vermeil and will last a very long time! All of the pendants have a satin finish on the back.
These Aurora Goddess with her horses picture pendants are created using a mould that was taken from a Victorian button that I was lucky enough to find and I thought what a lovely pendant could be made from it.
They are made using fine silver metal clay which captures the detail beautifully, fine silver metal clay is 99.9% silver versus sterling which is 92.5%, it was first created by the Japanese in gold and then silver, it is microscopic particles of silver mixed with a clay binder that can be sculpted, textured, folded etc. it is then dried and fired, the binder burns away and the metal particles fuse together leaving a metal piece, in this case fine silver.
In Roman mythology, Aurora renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the sun.
Aurora appears most often in poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of Troy, Tithonus. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurora asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus. Jupiter granted her wish, but she failed to ask for eternal youth to accompany his immortality, and he became forever old. Aurora turned him into a cicada.

In “On Imagination,” by Phillis Wheatley.

“From Tithon’s bed now might Aurora rise,
“Her cheeks all glowing with celestial dies,
“While a pure stream of light o’erflows the skies.