Cupid, a Mischievous God of Love

Heart shaped ring dish depicting Cupid from Time’s Tin Cup – Ask Laurel to see this piece live on a Facebook broadcast !

Cupid was known to the Greeks as Eros, the god of love.

He toyed with the emotions of both gods and humans with golden arrows that would arouse desire and leadened arrows that would ignite aversion.

In the 19th Century Eros was popularized as the cherub, Cupid and trended on the Valentine’s Day holiday.

More Vintage Valentine Treasures from Time’s Tin Cup

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.