Jill Garber
• TWO NATURAL KINGMAN TURQUOISE CABOCHONS ON TWO ROW CLASSIC EMBOSSED SHANK
• WEIGHT .965 OZS.
• SIZE 7
ORIGINAL NINETEENTH CENTURY HAND CARVED LAVA CAMEO DEPICTING AN EARLY MYTHOLOGICAL GOD MERCURY.
MERCURY WAS THE SON OF THE KING OF THE GODS JUPITER AND PURPORTEDLY MAIA, GODDESS OF THE PLAINS. CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE OF FOREIGN ORIGIN, HE IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH HIS GREEK COUNTERPART HERMES. HIS ROMAN NAME MERCURIUS IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR MERCHANDISE.