Stars vermeil crystal and garnet necklace

Description

Silver, vermeil, crystal and garnet necklace

The design of this delicate necklace was inspired by the captivating desert night sky where endless constellations of stars and planets dazzle with lights and colours. Featuring selected crystal and garnet beads.

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.