Antique Insulator Glass and Filigree Pendant $150

The stone in this pendant is a delightful pale blue that looks for all the world like aquamarine, but it's not. It is from a shard of antique glass I found while walking along the old abandoned Boston & Maine railroad tracks. It looked like a crystal sticking up out of the ground. I found it was a broken insulator. It had a patent date of 1853 molded into it.

The glass facets beautifully. Here, you see a round brilliant facet design. The setting is argentium filigree, all hand fused or soldered in a couple spots that just would not fuse for me. Refused to fuse, ha. The difference between fusing and soldering is that in fusing metal, you melt the two pieces together, making a single piece. Soldering involves melting a bit of like metal into the joint where two pieces meet. The solder forms a strong chemical bond with the two pieces, but they remain separate.

Argentium is an alloy of silver. It has a touch of germanium added to it, which lowers its melting point slightly, makes it highly tarnish resistant, and balls up nicely as it melts. You can see the effect of this property in the curly wire ends of the filigree.Argentium's silver purity of .935 (93.5% silver) is slightly higher than sterling silver (.925)

 
As with all of my jewelry, this piece is guaranteed to please. Feel safe buying with the knowledge you can try it for 30 days and return it if it just isn't right for you. Also, should the piece need repair or adjustment, just return it to me and I will fix it for free.

Price is $150 or 0.02 bitcoin. Email me to check on availability if you wish to order.