Thursday, October 10, 2013

Gaspeite Pendant with Tsavorite garnets and Mali Garnet accents
Center stone is a Gaspeite cabochon from Australia. 6 Mali garnets and 6 Tsavorite Garnets accent the piece. The Body is sterling silver and includes 5 14k yellow gold tube setting which house Mali garnets. The bale has been hand engraved and is adorned with the 6th Mali garnet. 
 
This piece is fully reversible and has been constructed from 3 layers of varying thickness' of sterling silver sheet.  The fifth in a series of cabochon pendants I am doing, it is the most complex one yet with a number of fairly complex solder joins.   

  Shown above is a shot of the pendant hanging on a cable chain.  The bale has been built to accommodate most medium size chains.  Bale's inner diameter is 6 mm. While the bale is a closed link it is not soldered to the body of the pendant allowing it to move freely when worn.           

This is the backside of the pendant.  It is meant to be worn in either orientation.  The engraving includes all of the original design layout I began with on paper (a sort of map to the piece) along with a little bit of extra flare.  The stone settings on the front have holes behind them allowing them to be seen subtly from the backside.  This pendant is available as of this posting. Priced at $3250 shipped. Thank you for looking I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

1 comment:

  1. I have acquired this piece. Do you have an interest in buying it back?
    It's a beautiful piece, as you know.

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