Vintage Amazon Warrior Earrings

Vintage Amazon Warrior EarringsStriking vintage gold earrings, each featuring an intricate embossed design of an Amazon warrior. They're crafted in beautiful 18ct yellow gold and date from the 1970s. The Amazons are a legendary tribe of warrior women from Greek mythology, known for their courage, bravery, strength and mastery of combat. Their home of Themiscyra is believed to have been near the Black Sea, though the exact place is contested. A matriarchal society, they were said to

and a stone that displays razor sharp chatoyancy - the cat's eye effect whereby a line of shimmering light appears to glow just beneath the surface of the stone

Barbara and Peter

In this case

cut with a pear-shaped profile and secured by split-claw mounts

Head: 10mm by 10mm

The initials CFJ are engraved into the back of the head

1917Condition: Good antique condition with wear consistent with age

Cool multigem "Sputnik" pendant dating from the 1960s

English Import Marks

Taurus is the 2nd sign of the Zodiac

goddess of victory - although

Origin opinion: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)