Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant rivière necklace Closure is secure

Closure is secure

Break away members of the Wanderers included Valentin Serov and Abram Arkhipov

This cute antique ring has a heart-shaped head

and French import marks indicate that it was first retailed in Paris

a small ding to the back

Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant rivière necklace Closure is secureDATE: 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