Antique 15K & Hardstone Bacchante Cameo Brooch turquoise For almost as long as

For almost as long as we’ve been studying the stars

often coming in a matching pair

The origin of this piece is most likely America

standing close to a human girl holding a birds' nest with open-beaked hatchlings

Bloodstone has a unique appearance

Antique 15K & Hardstone Bacchante Cameo Brooch turquoise For almost as long asIn Greek mythology, maenads were the followers of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry. Their name literally translates as "raving ones". Maenads were also known as Bacchantes, after the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus. The women who followed these gods were portrayed as becoming inspired by the god into a state of ecstatic frenzy through a marathon of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, the maenads would dress in skins and carry a thyrsus, a