The Bone Flowers

Description

They pledged on that day, sisters in a room...to modesty, loyalty, honor, good practice to thy earth and fellow living thing...and finally eternal secrecy.

A gorgeous vintage enamel fraternal order medal anchors a beautiful combination of glass and bone. The medal is enameled with beautiful white flowers and the letters IOOF, representing, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, however the womnens' sect, Daughters of Rebekkah.
A faceted light green glass bead beholds a carved ox bone flower, gorgeous. Finished with a strand of glass pearls.

Fun fact about fraternal orders:

"Legend has it that the origins of fraternal societies date back to the exile of the Israelites from Babylon in 587BC when many of those exiled banded together into a brotherhood for mutual support and defense.Legend goes on to say "an Order of Odd Fellows was established in 1452 by knights who were said to have met at the Boulogne-sur-Mere in London and formed a fraternity."

and if you are ever in SanFrancisco on Polk, please check out a great little shop called Boneflowers:
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Added on Oct 20, 2009