The Greek jewelry of the best period is of extraordinary delicacy and beauty. Fine examples are shown in the British Museum from Melos and elsewhere. Undoubtedly, however, the most brilliant collection of such ornaments is that of the Hermitage, which was derived from the tombs of Kerch and the Crimea. It contains examples of the purest Greek work, together with objects which must have been of local origin, as is shown by the themes which the artist has chosen for his reliefs. Fig. 18 illustrates the jewelry of the Hermitage (see also Ear-Ring). [Illustration: FIG. 19.] [Illustration: FIG. 20.] [Illustration: FIG. 21.] As further examples of Greek jewelry see the pendant oblong ornament for containing a scroll (fig. 19). The ear-rings (figs. 20, 21) are also characteristic. Figs. 59-70 (Plate II.) Examples of fine Greek jewelry, in the British Museum. " 59-60 " Pair of ear-rings, from a grave at Cyme in Aeolis, with filigree work and pendant Erotes. " 61 " Small bracelet. " 62-63 " Small gold reel with repoussé figures of Nereid with helmet of Achilles, and Eros. From Cameiros (Rhodes). " 64 " Filigree ornament (ear-ring?) with Eros in centre. From Syria. " 65 " Medallion ornament with repoussé head of Dionysos and filigree work. (Blacas coll.) " 66 " Stud, with filigree work. " 67-68 " Pair of ear-rings, of gold, with filigree and enamel, from Eretria. " 69 " Diadem, with filigree, and enamel scales, from Tarquinii. " 70 " Necklace pendants. Etruscan jewelry at its best is not easily distinguished from the Greek, but it tends in its later forms to become florid and diffuse, without precision of design. The granulation of surfaces practised with the highest degree of refinement by the Etruscans was long a puzzle and a problem to the modern jeweller, until Castellani of Rome discovered gold-workers in the Abruzzi to whom the method had descended through many generations. He induced some of these men to go to Naples, and so revived the art, of which he contributed examples to the London Exhibition of 1872 (see FILIGREE).