Vintage Saint Genesius Gold Medallion citrine an archaic approach to make

an archaic approach to make pills more easy to swallow (practised until as recently as the 19th century) was to gild them in gold or silver

it's charming and utterly romantic

the Prussian empire revived an idea from 100 years earlier: request that citizens donated their gold jewellery to the government in exchange for iron jewellery

Charming Georgian flower earrings set with 18 rose cut diamonds in closed foil back settings

Natural Pearls & Turquoise

Vintage Saint Genesius Gold Medallion citrine an archaic approach to makeDATE: Vintage, c. 1968 Cool vintage religious medallion depicting Saint Genesius along with two theatre masks and a globus cruciger (that weird little orb and cross thing). The reverse is carved with the initials K. H. and J. H. and a date: 4 68. Stamped ANTAYA 14k gold. Genesius of Rome is a legendary Christian saint from the 3rd century AD. Legend has it that his life took quite the turnaround as a young man he was a well known actor and comedian,