Overall Length:  18″

Elegant antique English etched sterling silver match safe, sterling silver beads and a sterling clasp, together make handsome companions. Strike matches, developed in 1832 and called wax vestas, were important for lighting every day, necessary things like stoves, lanterns, and fires. Highly combustible, and, therefore dangerous, soon wax vestas were carried safely in “vesta cases”, also called “match safes”, with the sole purpose to prevent rogue fires. Wealthy smokers often had stunning match safe and cigarette or cigar case sets custom designed by popular English silversmiths.

Overall Length: 23″
Silver freshwater pearl and handmade silver bead necklace and artisan sterling clasp with an early American sterling silver perfume bottle pendant on a sterling chain made by exceptional Massachusetts silversmith, Whiting Manufacturing Co. Perfume pendants, crafted for and worn mainly by the wealthy, held rare, costly, distilled essential oils that were made in small quantities and highly valued. Keeping it safe on your neck was a smart idea!

Overall Length: 21″

Multi Strand hand crafted bronze bead necklace with a bronze coptic cross. Coptic crosses date back to the 1st century and represent the meaning of life.

Overall Length: 17” to 24”

Multi strand hand crafted bronze beads with  Infinity spiral Baule coin focal beads and bronze circle pendant all made with the Lost Wax Technique. The Baule tribe used these symbols of the sun’s life force.

Overall Length: 19″

Hand knotted pewter bicone bead necklace with “Knot of Eternity” and blue quartz focal beads and turquoise and coral inlaid pewter obelisk pendant. “Knot of eternity” is historically smbolic of wisdom, compassion and eternal harmony.