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| Keywords: Roman - Roman Snake Bracelet - Walters 57534.jpg Solid-gold bracelets and rings in the form of snakes were among the most popular objects in Greek and Roman jewelry The bracelets were often worn in pairs either on the wrist or on the upper arm The snakes symbolize fertility and were intended to ward off evil century 1 AD Imperial gold cm 6 99 d accession number 57 534 12633 Giovanni Dattari Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Collection of Giovanni Dattari Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris June 17-19 1912 lot 573 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Roman Empire Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Snakes in art Ancient Roman snake jewellery | ||||
