Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars with wire legs and mandibles

with wire legs and mandibles - crafted in 9 karat gold throughout

This one dates from the late 19th Century

joining the silver band at each shoulder with a stylised arrow motif

A collection of miniature charms with split ring

Chrysocolla

Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars with wire legs and mandiblesDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Cool antique sea bean pendant designed to be worn as a touch wood. Sea beans (aka Drift Seeds) are a hard seed , fruit, or nut adapted for long journeys over water. Falling into the ocean in the Caribbean or mainland Americas, these exotic travellers would occasionally wash up on European shores causing wonder and amazement, and ultimately becoming associated with luck and good fortune it is said that a coconut can survive