Ampersand Necklace

Description

This rosewood ampersand pendant is 3/4" wide x 1-3/8" high x 3/16" thick (2 x 3.5 x .4 cm) and comes either with a thin black suede cord or delicate silver plated chain. The cord or chain is approximately 18" (45.5cm) long. Please specify whether you want a cord or chain in the "notes to seller" when you check out.

The necklace comes in a gift box (see last picture) with a matching ampersand on the cover.

The & symbol (or ampersand) has a long history. Marcus Tullius Tiro, who was Cicero’s secretary, is credited with having invented it around 63 BC. as part of a system of abbreviations to speed up writing. The phrase ‘et cetera’ was first printed ‘&c’ before being abbreviated to ‘etc’. Today the symbol is also used as a shorthand for ‘and‘.

Added on Nov 03, 2009