Hand-Carved Freshwater Pearl Pendant "Skull" gift for bride reflective stone highlights the dramatic

reflective stone highlights the dramatic relief of the carving

3550 solder joints

catching light in ways a plain hoop simply doesn't

creating a hauntingly beautiful sense of movement and structure within the sterling silver setting

The contrasting metals contribute to an impression of understated elegance

Hand-Carved Freshwater Pearl Pendant "Skull" gift for bride reflective stone highlights the dramaticFew symbols have logged more hours than the skull. Across ancient cultures and mythologies, it has represented mortality and protection, power and gratitude, the structure of life and the mystery of what follows. All that symbolic weight, concentrated into a tiny charm you could rest on a fingertip. This skull is hand carved from freshwater pearl, which produces a surface that is luminous, softly translucent, and unmistakably bone like in the best