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"While I live I'll crow" seal necklace - $90
This pendant was made with an authentic Victorian wax seal. The carving shows a rooster with the words "While I live I'll crow," symbolizing the courage to speak your mind.
The design comes from a seal wheel, a popular Victorian novelty item with several designs arranged around the outside of a wheel. These novelty seals were produced in the 1840s-50s, and this rooster motto was a pretty common design to find on them.
The pendant comes on a dainty beaded chain. As always, these pendants were each created individually by stamping the seal into a drip of wax- each has its own unique, organic shape.
Please note the size! Antique wax seals are smaller than modern ones.
Pendant size: appx. 16mm across
Chain length: 18"
Forget-me-not ring- $138
Forget-me-nots are a historical symbol of remembrance. This ring features a carving of a forget-me-not under a dome of glass. The glass acts as a magnifier, showing every little detail. These flowers were carved by hand and each one is unique!
Band thickness: 1.5mm
Band width: 3mm
Circle size: 11mm
Sizes available (US): 4.5, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10
Plumeria studs- $52
These studs are in the shape of a plumeria flower, also called frangipani. This is the flower commonly used to make leis in Hawaii!
Flower size: 11mm across
Forget-me-not necklace - $160
Forget-me-nots are a historical symbol of remembrance. This necklace features a carving of seven forget-me-nots under a dome of glass. The glass acts as a magnifier, showing every little hand-carved detail.
Pendant size: 19mm across
Chain size: 18 inches
Poison Hemlock earrings- $105
Poison Hemlock is famously the plant by which Socrates was executed nearly 2500 years ago. Sentenced to death for impiety and "corrupting the youth," he was compelled to drink a brew of hemlock, which led to his death by paralysis and respiratory arrest.
This plant was introduced to North America as an ornamental garden plant in the 1800s, and it quickly escaped cultivation and spread invasively across the US and Canada. It can now be seen growing by the side of the road all across the continent.
These earrings were made by pressing a real dried hemlock leaf into silver. Each earring was made with a different unique leaf! The impression was darkened with a patina to show the details better. Since the patina is so important on these earrings, I have used a wax polish on the outside to preserve the contrast and protect against tarnish.
Oval size: 14x23mm
Pink sapphire ring- $90
This ring features a pink sapphire cabochon set in the center of a flower. The stone is opaque, with microscopic needle-like inclusions that give it a silky sheen. The flower sits on a sturdy half-round band.
Band thickness: 1.5mm
Band Width: 3mm
Flower size: 11mm
Sizes available (US): 5.5, 7, 8.5, 9
Prehnite succulent necklace - $126
This necklace features a casting of a real succulent clipping from my garden. Each one is different! The plant is nestled over a prehnite stone with a geometric teardrop shape. Prehnite is a pale green gem that often has tiny black strands of tourmaline inside.
Pendant size: appx 12x23mm
Chain length: 18 inches