Charming Vintage Snail Pendant flower but became increasingly popular in

but became increasingly popular in the as the rise in photography dovetailed with the American Civil War and the 20th century's world wars

The excavations at Pompeii and Etruscan sites in the first decades of the 19th century uncovered metalwork that exhilarated and confounded contemporary goldsmiths - the technique of the fine granulation (positively tiny gold balls affixed to surfaces) wasn't determined for another hundred years - and the inspiration found its way into Grand Period jewelry in ways both obvious and more subtle

Palladium is still occasionally used in jewelry (and in white gold alloys)

or even if you're working towards a subtle F and U

Charming Vintage Snail Pendant flower but became increasingly popular inVery good vintage condition. Details: 9k yellow gold, unstamped but tested 23. 8 x 14. 2 x 7mm 1. 2g