Jasper Dzi

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #721516
J0029

25" strand of large (20mm) picture jasper beads mixed with 24.5mm Tibetan silver etched beads, and silver-capped dzi beads. Pendant is a Tibetan wire-wrapped amulet stone. Clasp is a large sterling silver "S". Dzi is a Tibetan word used to describe a patterned agate bead of mainly cylindrical or tabular shape that is called “Heaven’s Bead” in Chinese. Such beads are black or brown with white symbols of circles, ovals, squares, waves, stripes, lines and other patterns. In Tibet, each of ... Click for details

Gasp! It's Green

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #721361
J0027

25" strand of brilliant gaspeite green ovals and rondelles separated by small corrugated silver beads. Large sterling box clasp is inlaid with matching gaspeite cabochon stone.

The Sun

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #721324
J0026

25" necklace of honey agate nuggets separated by matching dyed freshwater pearls. Focal point is a 2.5x1.75" honey agate druzy set in sterling silver.

Winter Leaf

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #721314
J0025

22" necklace of 8mm blue druzy and matching dyed freshwater pearls. Pendant is a blue chalcedony hand-carved leaf with stunning flashes of light.

Snow Leaf

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #721309
J0024

23" necklace of coin shaped and round rutilated quartz beads. Pendant is a rutilated quartz druzy leaf. The term "Druzy" refers to the small sugar-like crystals that are formed on the inside of geodes when ground water carrying dissolved silica is forced into a porous area of the rock. When rapid cooling occurs, this causes the formation of tiny crystals on the surfaces or in cavities of the rock on top of previously deposited minerals. This creates your druzy. The surface looks a lot like ... Click for details

Tibetan Teardrop

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #720826
J0022

24" necklace of 14mm copal beads interspersed with turquoise rondelles and Bali silver spacers. Two long silver-capped Tibetan coral accent beads decorate the sides. Focal point is a fancy 50mm silver-capped copal pendant embellished by turquoise beads. Clasp is a sterling silver toggle.

Tibetan Honey

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #720811
J0021

28" strand of red aventurine nuggets and honey amber Tibetan silver capped beads interspersed with Berber silver. Focal point is a Tibetan "beeswax" teardrop pendant with a tiny turquoise bead. Clasp is a sterling silver toggle.

Froggy Goes A Courtin'

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #720763
J0018

24" necklace of limestone swirls and carved bone beads of frogs on lily pads. Beads are separated by small angel's breath coral tube beads and tiny silver spacers. Clasp is a sterling toggle.

Grey Double Dorje Gau

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #720636
J0017

24" strand of hematite rondelles, 41mm hand-made carved brass bicones, Chinese turquoise and brass spacers surround the focal grey brass gau pendant. A Gau (also spelled Ghau or Gao) is a Tibetan Buddhist amulet container or prayer box, usually made of metal and worn as jewelry. Because they are worn as jewelry, they are often ornamented with semi-precious stones, such as the tiny piece of turquoise on ours. This gau is decorated with a double dorje design on the obverse, and a mantra symbol S... Click for details

Lucius Septimius Severus in Watermelon Crystal

Artisan and Design: Jewelry: Necklaces Contemporary: item #720599
J0016

19" necklace of watermelon crystal lentil beads and Berber silver bicone spacer beads. Focal point is a genuine ancient Roman coin -- a denarius of Lucius Septimius Severus. Clasp is a sterling silver toggle. Lucius Septimius Severus (04/11/146 – 02/04/211) was Roman Emperor from 193AD to 211AD. Some scholars claim that he was a Berber, and others claim that he was Punic. He was born at Leptis Magna (62 miles south east of Carthage), on the north coast of Africa. Severus' family was a d... Click for details