Swallow sterling silver antique locket necklace purple

Swallow sterling silver antique locket necklace purpleVictorian Sterling Silver Engraved Square Swallow Locket Necklace. This 1880's era small sterling silver square locket features a popular motif of the Aesthetic Movement engraved by hand into the surface: a lilting swallow in flight amid branches. Swallows in jewelry and decorative items were associated with 'returning home' to a loved one from sea, as apparently the swallow is the first bird a sailor will see as a boat approaches land. This locket

Beautiful all on its own or in a layered group of necklaces

though ironically sterling lockets were still rare

MATERIALS: Seed pearls

found in the state of Arizona and sold to us as a 'Taos Pueblo' bracelet

'Rachel Beattie'

The turquoise matrix is streaked with brown in several places and the cabochons are all set in saw-tooth settings

Also available in rose or white gold

The convex surface of this bombe is covered with a paving of turquoise cabochons

Each of these bar studs is composed of a 1/8" square cube

It is from a series of brass pendants on chain which are all made from vintage raw brass materials

MATERIALS: 18K Yellow Gold

were absorbed into the era's zeitgeist and morphed into Rococo Dutch furniture designs featuring claws clasping balls