Roman metal vase, case, rings and pins

Metal vase found in Herculaneum, Naples 1, metal case adorned with silver, perhaps to store women's clothes, found in Herculaneum 2, metal rings found in the Villa Casali outside the Porta San Sebastiano 3, metal rings and a spoon, perhaps used for mixing ointments found outside the Porta Flaminia 4, and two pins, one in silver in the shape of the Caduceus of Mercury, and the other in the shape of a poppy 5, and an Armilla worn on the right arm of Greek and Roman matrons 6. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

Armband Armilla Egyptians Etruscans Greeks Lorenzo Mercurio Poppy Rocceggiani Ruga Spoon

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