his group is very curious and valuable; it is a small model of an archaic type of gold, reproducing the great club of Hercules, which appears as if encircled by two bands intended to strengthen the weapon ; the knots on its surface have been given in enamel in a man- ner like that which is known as… … Fig. 15. Gold and Sard Bead Necklace. numerous terra-cotta statuettes. The club of this hero is no unfrequent subject in the Greek artistic antiquities, but this minute model in gold, or perhaps electrum, is one of the most curious of its order. Another club is used as the pendant of an ear-ring.…
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