Pair of earrings, 2nd - 3rd century AD (gold, pearls, garnet & glass)

Each of navicella form, fronted with a bezel-set drop-shaped garnet, with fifteen wires radiating from the back of the bezel, each threaded through a small pearl, supporting a large triangular openwork element bordered with filigree beaded wire, centered by a large cluster of granulation between repoussé fish, a bird to each side embellished with filigree and granulation, the bottom row with drop-shaped cabochon garnets in dog-tooth settings, encircled with beaded wire, on either side of plain wire rosettes set with pearls, centered by a circular green glass cabochon in a dog-tooth setting encircled with beaded wire, the underside with five loops, each topped with a large granule, a small cabochon garnet or green glass in a dog-tooth setting encircled with beaded wire between each loop, five pendants below, four in the form of a biconical amphora, the handles with clusters of granulation in the scrolls, the central pendant with a dog-tooth bezel set with a drop-shaped cabochon garnet, each terminating in a wire threaded through a pearl Each: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long (2)