Leda and the Swan Pendant Sapphire as a war prize

as a war prize

The Taurus Alchemical Zodiac Pendant is inspired by the precise instructions of a 17th-century alchemical manuscript

Infatuated and overcome with desire

dogs appear on funerary reliefs not merely as decoration

An astute political strategist

Leda and the Swan Pendant Sapphire as a war prizeCommon Era's pieces are always inspired by my travels, my love of history and classical mythology. I visited the ruins of Pompeii on my honeymoon in 2021 and became entranced by the newly unearthed fresco of Leda and the Swan found in a home on Regio V (pictured in the slideshow). The fresco is unique in that it shows Leda differently than she has been previously depicted, Pompeii's chief archeologist Massimo Osanna said, "It sends a message of