AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SANDSTONE JEWELRY MOLD Early... Lot 10

AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SANDSTONE JEWELRY MOLD Early 1st millenium B.C. 37x49x9 mm; One half of a jewellery mould carved from a light coloured sandstone: used for making metal trinkets, and jewelry elements. It consists of a square block with matrices or negatives on both sides for casting trinkets, in lead or in gold. The matrices on one side include a disc element with star pattern inside, a pear-shaped cable pattern and a cross pattern. On opposite angles, presence of a hole that was used to fixed the other side of the matrice during the fusion. For a similar typology see: Louvre Museum, Paris, AO 20389 ; RS 7.021 Provenance: U.K. private, acquired on the art market 1980s-1990s