Green Serpentino and Ancient Yellow Marbles Sterling Silver Earrings

These handmade earrings are meticulously crafted by our skilled goldsmiths using ancient Yellow Roman marble and green "Serpentino" from Greece. These marble fragments once adorned the floors and walls of imperial villas, adding to their grandeur and elegance. Characterized by irregular light green and yellow spots,

In Rome, Serpentino was used as early as the Augustan age and later became imperial property under the last of the Flavian emperors. Highly valued and admired, this exquisite marble symbolized luxury and prestige, cherished by the elite for its rarity and distinguished appearance. Today, these historic fragments are repurposed into timeless jewelry, preserving their rich heritage in an elegant and wearable form.

The ancient yellow Roman marble quarries, located in ancient Numidia, were of imperial
property; in the Price Edict of Emperor Diocleziano it was counted among the most
expensive marbles. In Rome it spread more and more in the period from Augustus to the Severi. The ancient marble-workers used the possibility of this marble, if subjected to the action of fire, to change its color from yellow to strong pink, obtaining the desired nuance.