Vintage Plume Agate Pendant gold charm The fact they're in 15

The fact they're in 15 karat gold reflects the high prices that paste could command in the 18th and 19th Centuries

as one version of his story goes: Thetis anointed the infant Achilles with ambrosia and passed the child through fire to make him immortal

The double band splits at the shoulders and wraps around both sides of the head

Although it's beautiful in its own right

diamonds and diamond-like garnets

Vintage Plume Agate Pendant gold charm The fact they're in 15DATE: Vintage, c. 1960 Vintage pendant home to an utterly beautiful plume agate specimen. The stone, a large oval cabochon, features wonderfully intricate detail: plumes of black mineral growth permeating through the beige silicate host, along with bands of brown and red running vertically through the middle. It's set in a simple sterling silver mount with articulated bail. STONES Agate MEASUREMENTS 5. 2 x 3. 1cm (including bail) WEIGHT 17. 7g MARKS