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Vivienne Westwood Anglo Satyr Earrings

Dame Vivienne Westwood 1993 / 2022

100% Brass, Gold-plating

[H 5.8cm x W 1.7cm / Satyr: H 3.5cm]

Featuring the Satyr charm, which was first seen in Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania Fall 1993 runway collection. The Anglo Satyr Earrings are made to a drop silhouette, plated in a gold-tone layer. They fasten with an S-hook butterfly-back engraved with 'Vivienne Westwood' along the front.

Please note that we do not accept returns on earrings.

Satyr symbolism: In Greek mythology, satyrs are followers of Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, theatre and revelry -- and are associated with themes of pleasure and excess, reflecting humanity's primal instincts.

Over the course of Greek history, satyrs gradually became portrayed as more human and less bestial. Like other Greek nature spirits, satyrs are always depicted nude. They also began to acquire goat-like characteristics in some depictions as a result of conflation with the god Pan with the legs and horns of goats. The Romans identified satyrs with their native nature spirits, fauns. Eventually the distinction between the two was lost entirely.

Since the Renaissance, satyrs have been most often represented with the legs and horns of goats. [Wikipedia]