Portia and Octavia Earrings

Two different classical Roman women are depicted on these delicate, detailed glass cameos — we like to think of them as Portia and Octavia, two noble women from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. We discovered them on one of our hunting-and-gathering trips to old East Coast dead-stock jewelry warehouses. Hand-molded in 1920s or '30s Czechoslovakia, each profile is finished with a careful application of silver luster.

We've topped them with faceted carnelian glass beads for a pop of color.

In the earrings:

• Two glass cameos molded in 1920s or ‘30s Czechoslovakia
• Carnelian faceted glass beads
• Brass bezels
• Nickel-free and lead-free brass lever back earwires
• Length is 1 ¾”