Gold Plated Earrings - Swirl Motif (38mm)

Copper earrings with gold plating, molded in an elegant design. Hanging below the earring hooks there is a Minoan Swirl Motif, each featuring a punched or hammered detail, which adds interesting detail to the overall design. These are fish hook earrings.

Copper, Gold Plated
Hook Earrings (for pierced ears only)
Made in Greece
Approx. 38mm (1.50 in) diameter
Approx. 64mm (2.52 in) length with hook
(Photos are not actual size)


History
The swirl motif is inspired by the Ancient Greek mythological Labyrinth, which was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Daedalus had made the Labyrinth so cunningly that he himself could barely escape it after he built it. Theseus was aided by Ariadne, who provided him with a skein of thread, literally the "clew", or "clue", so he could find his way out again.