{"product_id":"sweet-and-simple-carved-helmet-shell-victorian-shell-cameo-pendant-tiny-shell-cameo-necklace-sterling-silver","title":"Tiny Carved Shell Cameo Pendant, Sterling Silver, Antique Helmet Shell, Victorian Necklace, Repurposed Jewelry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis cameo is just under an inch long, and the carving is exactly what the scale calls for. The woman on this cameo is unadorned, with a clean neckline and a plain close-set hairstyle pulled back without fuss. The profile is spare and assured, and there's a certain confidence in a portrait that needs nothing added to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelmet shell color differs from stone, and this one leans warm: a peachy, sun-touched background with the carved figure rising pale and sharp against it. The contrast is high and the carving reads cleanly at any distance, which is no small thing in a piece this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a single rope border bezel with a plain round bail, keeping everything around the cameo as simple as the cameo itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarked Blue Piranha, .925. Dimensions: just under 1 inch (2.5 cm) long from top of bail to bottom of pendant; 1\/2 inch (1.3 cm) wide. Weight: 2.8 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pendant is available without a chain, so you may use your own if you prefer. If you want to add a chain, I offer different lengths and styles. Every chain comes with a 2-inch extender, so you can vary the length. Please choose your chain from the options at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood for: the person who finds most jewelry too much. For someone who understands that \"less\" is a point of view, not an absence. For the person whose jewelry drawer is edited instead of full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour purchase arrives gift boxed, in a soft pouch with a story card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout cameos:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCameos have been carved for thousands of years, falling in and out of fashion since ancient Greece, while the Victorian era gave them their biggest cultural high point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCameos are carved from shell but they can also be created from glass, hardstone (such as sardonyx), lava, vulcanite, and coral, as well as other materials. Hand-carving continues today, most famously in Italy, where the tradition is still very much alive. The cameos I work with came from an antique market, found loose and in varying condition. Some were chipped, but some were quietly extraordinary. Those are the ones I kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shell cameo tradition runs from ancient Greece through Rome, through the Renaissance, and reaches one of its peaks in the 19th century, when carved cameos became a staple of fashionable dress and sentimental jewelry alike. Helmet shell became the standard cameo material because of its natural two-tone layering and the relative ease of carving compared to hardstone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Piranha Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"pendant only","offer_id":53517585252666,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add popcorn chain 16\" [+$40]","offer_id":53517585285434,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add popcorn chain 18\"  [+$45]","offer_id":53517585318202,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add wheat chain 16\"  [+$65]","offer_id":53517585350970,"sku":null,"price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add wheat chain 18\"  [+$70]","offer_id":53517585383738,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add rope chain 30\"  [+$90]","offer_id":53517585416506,"sku":null,"price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3822\/7514\/files\/helmet04-01-25.jpg?v=1779824574","url":"https:\/\/bluepiranhajewelry.com\/products\/sweet-and-simple-carved-helmet-shell-victorian-shell-cameo-pendant-tiny-shell-cameo-necklace-sterling-silver","provider":"Blue Piranha Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}