Description
Keshi pearls form as a byproduct of pearl cultivation. When an oyster rejects its implanted nucleus but keeps producing the nacre that makes pearls lustrous, the result is an organically shaped, flat, and iridescent keshi pearl. This pendant pairs a keshi pearl with a small gold vermeil leaf detail, laced through with a Venetian box chain. Made in the U.S. by Rhode Island jewelers and silversmiths JH Breakell, based in Newport, Rhode Island, for more than 50 years.
This jewelry item comes packaged in a white box (pictured).
Museum Story
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is the world's preeminent museum and research complex dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through its unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions and educational outreach programs. The Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals houses the vast National Gem Collection.
Details
- 14k gold-plated sterling silver, keshi pearl
- 18"L chain; pendant approx. 0.9"L x 0.6"W (size and shape vary slightly)
- Fish hook ear wires
- Store in a cool, dry place. Remove before bathing or swimming.
- Made in the USA
