Nightshade Garden Necklace

Description

A Nightshade Garden is one with a variety of plants that reflect the moonlight, or a more macabre garden featuring a variety of plants with medicinal, dangerous, and possibly deadly properties. This nightshade garden will reflect moonlight with its bright white sterling silver and the black of the vintage glass reflects the darker qualities of a deadly garden without the danger or fuss of a real garden.

This necklace features a black, vintage glass, floral cabochon. It is bezel set in silver. The bezel is pushed into the flourishes and flower petals in the pressed glass to secure the stone. I've added sterling silver leaves, dots, swirls and loops to accent it in bright sterling silver. The loops on each side of the pendant are different textures for an eclectic look. A black vintage glass blossom dangles from one side. Three large loops start the chain on one side with another vintage black bead and an open link chain continues around to hook clasp. The cabochon and the beads are all vintage, pressed glass, made in the 30's - 40's to simulate carved jet.

The necklace measures 18 inches in length. The clasp, a handmade hook, connects to the pendant in the front and is a feature of the necklace. The pendant hangs 1 3/8 inch (35 mm), and is about 1 1/4 inches in width (32 mm.)

Added on Nov 02, 2009