Centuries ago, mankind learned to shape and
mold glass into works of delicate beauty.
Transparent or opaque, simple or ornate, richly
colored or somber in hue, glass was prized as an
ornament by queen and commoner alike. The
Romans especially enjoyed wearing glass jewelry
of elegant shape and in colors that imitated rare
and precious gems like lapis, turquoise, agate or
onyx. As is still common today in the
Mediterranean, children wore jewelry that echoed
the fashions of adults. Imagine this pretty
bracelet upon the slender wrist of a child in the
classical age. We can hear the child's laugh,
echoed by the jangle of her bracelets. From such
a clue as this we can imagine a vanished life, an
entire world.
- (GF.0182)
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