Coins Vermeil Crystal Earrings

Silver and gold vermeil with crystal

These stylish earrings feature a coin with a calligraphic impression of the poetry of Rumi, a Persian poet widely admired in the rest of the world. Coins are often worn as decorative elements forming parts of headdresses, hats and clothes. The textured coin and the bezel are finished in gold vermeil.

In Zoroastrianism, the ancient Persian religion, light and purity are central symbols of goodness and truth. Rock crystal, because of its transparent and flawless nature, was sometimes associated with Asha, the divine order of truth and righteousness.

Rock crystal is a transparent, colorless variety of quartz, one of the most common minerals on Earth. Its name comes from the Greek word “krystallos,” meaning ice, as ancient people believed it was eternally frozen water.

In the time of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE), rock crystal was highly prized among Persian nobility. It was used to craft elegant drinking vessels, jewellery, and ritual objects. Persians believed in the purity and divine clarity of rock crystal—an embodiment of truth and spiritual light. It was thought to be connected with the heavens and was often associated with royalty and sacred power.

Poetry translation

Rumi: I have a cave (from Persian)

You are my cave. You are my friend. Enslave me and defend me.
O only Noah that I know, O opener now open,
O heart restored before the secret door where you befriend me!
You are the light, the banquet night, the victim’s victory.
You are the hoopoe bird of Sinai, set to swoop and rend me.
You are the stream. You are the sea. You are the lenient tyrant.
You are the poison and the sugar. Friend, do not torment me.
You are the chamber of the sun, the stations of the stars,
You are the prairie green with hope. Show me the way and send me.
You are my dawn, my Ramadan, the alms that I begged for and won.
You are the jar. You are the water. Slake me with water. Mend me.

Please note that depending on the design, size and finish of a piece, only fragments of the words may be visible.