Antique 15K & Hardstone Bacchante Cameo Brooch turquoise and priced to fit any

and priced to fit any budget

Bloodstone has a unique appearance

after he was condemned for treason in AD 22

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

often coming in a matching pair

Antique 15K & Hardstone Bacchante Cameo Brooch turquoise and priced to fit anyIn 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