Shell & Murano Glass Necklace

Pink shell chips in warm blush, peach, and cream cover the full length of the necklace — each piece irregular, each one different. Three Murano-style glass beads sit at the center: deep black with swirls of iridescent purple, pink, and gold. The contrast between the soft shell and the dark glass is immediate. Gold-plated rolo chain extension with a T-bar toggle clasp at the close.

• Elements: Pink shell chips (natural, irregular), Murano-style glass beads (× 3, iridescent), gold-plated rolo chain extension, gold-plated T-bar toggle clasp
• Size: 40 cm
• Rarity: One piece.
• Associations: Cancer (Shell)

Express your natural beauty with GAIA pieces, handcrafted with care in Egypt.

Shell jewelry is among the oldest forms of personal adornment ever recorded. Archaeological sites across the Mediterranean and the Nile Delta have yielded shell beads dating back thousands of years — worn not only for beauty, but as markers of identity, and connection to the sea. Ancient Egyptians incorporated shell into ceremonial jewelry and burial objects, treating it as a material that carried the memory of water. (Aldred, C., Jewels of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson, 1971)