Roman glass jewellery ring silver garnet

Roman glass jewel - roman glass and garnet set into a sterling silver ring. 17 mm x 20 mm

We make all rings sizes.

Jewerly set with authentic 2000 years old Roman glass, manufactured in the Holy Land in the second Temple period. The glass were found in archeological diggings in Jerusalem.

Glass vessels were initially available only to the very wealthy and only in rather diminutive sizes. They were manufactured by core forming, casting, cutting and grinding, The invention of glass blowing around 50 BC brought glass vessels to the general public in vast numbers, mass produced in great variety of forms and hence brought ancient glass into the reach of the modern collector of even modest means.