Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket modernist they symbolised rebirth

they symbolised rebirth

Ruby and Diamond

A gorgeous Victorian silver long guard chain dating from the latter half of the 19th Century

it's crafted in 18 karat gold and dates from the 1880s

Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket modernist they symbolised rebirthDATE: Vintage, c. 1994 This remarkable vintage locket is made from a silver ingot recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Sonora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sunk off the Florida Keys in 1622 laden with over 40 tons of gold and silver, and an estimated 70 pounds of Colombian emeralds. The wreck was discovered over 300 years later, in 1985, by Mel Fisher, who had been searching for it since the early '70s. It was a long and dangerous process,