Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars for Burmese rubies

for Burmese rubies

joining the silver band at each shoulder with a stylised arrow motif

with wire legs and mandibles - crafted in 9 karat gold throughout

Chrysocolla

Beetles & Pearls

Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars for Burmese rubiesDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Cool antique sea bean pendant designed to be worn as a touch wood. Sea beans (aka Drift Seeds) are a hard seed , fruit, or nut adapted for long journeys over water. Falling into the ocean in the Caribbean or mainland Americas, these exotic travellers would occasionally wash up on European shores causing wonder and amazement, and ultimately becoming associated with luck and good fortune it is said that a coconut can survive