In this pendant, a serpent coils around its nest of twigs and scrollwork, where it has laid its eggs—the diamonds. one of a kind The pendant is worn on an hand-braided chain of white gold.
Necklace with Baltic amber, its natural surface preserved in its original state—just as the fragment was once washed ashore. The amber is held within engraved white-gold frames with openwork scroll ornaments, from which emerge yellow-gold nature casts of Madagascan euphorbia leaves and white-gold nature casts of vine tendrils. Amidst the tendrils sits a tropical beetle, covered with cobalt-blue vitreous enamel and embellished with strokes of painted gold. The pendant concludes in a pendeloque composed of an Archimedean solid adorned with blackened blossoms, a horsetail stem fragment with black enameled dots, and a nature cast of a Madagascan euphorbia leaf. one of a kind
Amulet with naturally occurring native silver with freely developed, curl-like growth (Anhui, China), set upon an enameled and gold-painted base. Engraved rock crystal panes and a yellow gold frame decorated with black-enameled micro-engravings protect the silver curls. Red spinels, micro pavé of black diamonds and rubies, as well as black-and-gold feathers on which a pair of toucan heads rests, embellish the frame. The watchful eyes of the multicolored enameled toucans are inlays of light-blue lapis lazuli with black-enameled pupils. one of a kind The pendant is shown here on a smoothy flowing chain of twisted, red-enameled links.
Pendant in the form of a fire salamander. Its body is carved from ebony with characteristic markings inlaid in 22K yellow gold. Its eyes are gold with black-enameled pupils; its tongue, engraved antique Sardinian coral. one of a kind
The arms of this cross are fragments of Libyan Desert Glass, with their natural shape and surface fully preserved. This rare material is found in the Great Sand Sea, an expanse of the eastern Sahara straddling Libya and Egypt, where shifting dunes occasionally uncover specimens. Scientific dating places its formation at around 29 million years ago. Its mineralogical composition is that of desert sand fused into glass under the extreme heat of a major meteorite impact—although no suitable crater has ever been identified in the region. Throughout history, Libyan Desert Glass has been used by humankind, from knapped hand axes and arrowheads during the Ice Age to engraved scarabs in the jewelry of the pharaohs. In this cross, the glass arms are capped with yellow gold and meet at the center, where four rose-cut diamonds are set upon an engraved starfish-like ornament. On the reverse, the arms are joined by a lattice-like ornament, composed of diamond-set twigs of white gold. one of a kind
Myths of colossal sea monsters, prevalent across various cultures, attacking ships and dragging them into the depths with their arms, inspired this pendant. It depicts a cobalt blue enameled octopus clutching its prey, an amethyst scepter (crystal formed from two fused amethysts, their combined shape resembling that of a scepter). Reflecting the real-life characteristic of all members of the Octopodidae family, which lack a skeleton and thus possess extreme flexibility, the golden body of the octopus closely conforms to the shape of the crystal, gripping it tightly with its tentacles. On the underside of the tentacles are engraved suckers, and one of the tentacles forms the suspension loop.
Amulet engraved from water buffalo horn in the shape of a black fang of a mythical beast. The amulet has a yellow gold tip and an open cap of patinated white gold. The windows lined with fine gold allow a view of a tapered nerve decorated with a spiral engraving. The nerve is set with antique sapphire cabochons that increase in size from the bottom to the top, leading to a patinated white gold dome set with rose-cut diamonds. one of a kind
Pendant with a water-clear rock crystal with cloudy inclusions (Waziristan, Pakistan). Engraved white gold spots sit upon the sunken sections of the yellow gold cap. Multi-axially interconnected diamond-set elements of white and yellow gold form the smoothly moving suspension loop. one of a kind The pendant is shown here on a smoothy flowing chain composed of multiaxially interconnected links micro pavé-set with yellow, white, and black diamonds on the inside.
Pendant with a scepter amethyst, a crystal where a second generation amethyst crystal grew on top of an older one, the shape of the two together resembling that of a scepter (finding place: Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia). The scepter crystal has 3-phase inclusions (air bubbles moving in water), as well as a phantom amethyst, an enclosed amethyst crystal that is recognizable by its darker color. Painted gold lattice adorns the blackened white gold cap. A snake of partially oxidized yellow gold with engraved scales and black enameled eyes wraps around the crystal and forms the suspension loop. one of a kind
Pendant with a nature cast of the shell of a sea snail Tenagodus obtusus that is endemic to the Mediterranean and north-western Atlantic. Typical for the species is the spirally coiled shell with separated whorls and an opening along its longitudinal axis. This shape is the result of the natural lifestyle in a fixed position within a sponge, a sessile salt-water animal that slowly grows in unpredictable directions. To keep its access to the outside of the sponge, the Tenagodus adapts the growth of its shell to that of the host sponge.
Antique Ceylon sapphire set by a pair of entwined vipers. One of a kind.
Hand pendant with an eagle skull. Ivory-colored vitreous enamel imitates weathered and eroded bone, whose fontanelles are painted gold ornaments. Deep in the eye sockets sits a pair of rose-cut diamonds. The black enameled hand is gold tattooed on both sides, inspired by floral-geometric patterns of the door mountings of Benin. It wears a bracelet set with rubies and black diamonds, and ruby and diamond rings. one of a kind
Pendant with a phantom amethyst that developed inside a sceptre quartz (a quartz crystal on which a second, younger crystal formed in the direction of the main axis and thus created the eponymous sceptre shape). The fine lines visible in the lower part of the crystal are ingrown rutile crystals. The shaft of the sceptre is concealed within a structure inspired by South American temple architecture, that is made of enamelled and gold-painted plates and ends with a toucan head. The toucan‘s plumage is of partially oxidized yellow and white gold, and his eyes are cut from rock crystal and underlaid with cobalt blue enameled fine silver lenses. With its open beak, in which a green enameled tongue is visible, the toucan grasps a purple enameled earthworm, which serves as a suspension loop.
Pendant with a natural baroque pearl in a setting of blackened white gold that is embellished with a relief of gold-painted traditional Tahitian fish hooks. The twisted suspension loop is of partially oxidized and enameled yellow gold.
Pendant made of an antique orca tooth. Engraved rhombus patterns are embellished with Japanese lacquer and yellow gold inlays.
Pendant with double-ended rock crystals in parallel growth, that are colored orange due to limonite inclusions (Sahara, Morocco, Tata Province). The suspension loop is composed of diamond-set and enameled white and yellow gold elements that are multiaxially connected in a manner that enables smooth three-dimensional motion.
Amulet made of antique hollow crocodile tooth. The tooth received a yellow gold cap for its tip and fine gold framed windows that allow to see the nerve of 22K yellow gold with ruby-set bubbles of white gold. The tooth leads to a temple-like structure of blackened white gold pillars that are embellished with fine gold immersions, blossoms enameled white and black, and painted gold.
Pendant with a rock crystal radiating blood-red limonite inclusions from its core (Brandberg Massif, Namibia). Seated on the crystal is a Maya-inspired diamond- and ruby-set structure of blackened white gold that ends in a crocodile head. The crocodile’s scales of partially oxidized yellow gold are accentuated with black vitreous enamel, with teeth of white gold, and rock crystal eyes underlaid with green enamel. The suspension loop is the crocodile’s prey, a gold-painted bird of blackened white gold. one of a kind
Pendant in the form of a hand that captures a frog, whose grass green and white enameled body is embellished with gold-outlined black and black-and-white spots. The rock crystal eyes are underlaid with enameled pupils. The black enameled hand is tattooed with golden frogspawn, and wears a diamond-set cuff and two rings—one with a 200 year old yellow diamond, and one with a light blue Ceylon sapphire. one of a kind
Hand pendant with a mushroom that is a cross between a fly agaric (known for its psychedelic properties) and a bitter bolete (feared for its exceptionally bitter taste).Its yellow gold cap is covered with vitreous red enamel, the white spots and the gills are carved in warthog ivory and accentuated with Japanese lacquer. The stem is of blackened white gold with fine gold immersions. As a reference to the hallucinogenic qualities of the fly agaric, the white enameled hand is covered with tattoos of fantasy script made in liquid gold. The hand wears a bracelet set with black and brown diamonds, and a pair of diamond and sapphire rings.
Hand pendant with an enameled green lizard, whose scales are accentuated by black enamel and set with emeralds and demantoids. The black enameled hand of yellow gold wears two diamond rings and a diamond-set bracelet. one of a kind
Amulet with a cluster of five long prism rock crystals with phantom amethysts inside. Typical for this find from Guerrero, Mexico, the crystals’ color gradually changes from dark-purple base to a fully colorless tip. The cap is engraved and enameled black. The head of an eagle with engraved feathers holds the suspension loop in its beak.
Amulet with a griffon vulture who plunges into a rock crystal tube to capture an emerald. The vulture’s neck has a garland of engraved agate feathers. One of a kind.
Amulet with a griffon vulture with a neck ruff of engraved agate feathers who stands guard over an amethyst scepter quartz. One of a kind.
Nature cast pendant of a hazelnut with a necklace composed of Archimedian solids and diamond-set universal joints.
Amulet with a diamond-set enameled yellow and white gold frame, whose engraved rock crystal planes protect a pair of blossoms of common yarrow (Achillea millefolium). The yarrow’s leaves are engraved in black tourmaline, and its translucent blue-grey chalcedony blossoms are set with white gold pistils and yellow gold stamens. One of a kind.
Amulet with an animistic guardian—a gargoyle—watching over a nature-cast baobab-shaped thorn of Monadenium spectabile, a rare succulent plant endemic to Tanzania. With its diamond-set and gold-painted collar, the gargoyle becomes the chapiter of the rock crystal column housing the thorn and the diamond studded meander upon which it stands. The column base is an entwined knot of tree branches. One of a kind.
Amulet with an albatross, who stands watch over a shark tooth seated on a diamond-set and enameled pedestal. The tooth and pedestal are encased in an engraved rock crystal tube, which is framed by a garland of shells and tentacles at the top, and a trio of sardines at the bottom. Except for the albatross’ beak, which carries an articulated diamond-set loop, the head is covered with white vitreous enamel and embellished with painted gold ornaments, whose pattern is reminiscent of the captured tooth. The eyes are enameled black and accentuated with a yellow gold contour. One of a kind.
Long necklace with a pair of pendants in the shape of flower-filled cornucopia (nature casts of paper nautilus Argonauta hians and flowers of Indian pokeweed Phytolacca acinosa) inhabited by hyacinth macaws. The macaws’ engraved plumage is covered with translucent blue enamel; the beaks and the eye pupils are enameled black. One of a kind.
Pendant with a translucent agate slice (Laguna, Mexico) in a gothic setting of partially oxidized white gold that is embellished with engraved flowers and protruding gargoyle-like fantasy beasts. The agate is protected by rock crystal panes, whose cut corresponds to the natural bands of the agate. One of a kind.
Neo-Renaissance necklaces composed of different symbolic elements connected by universal joints. Each necklace joins at a tassel-shaped pendant that is composed of turned umbrellas and articulated bones with white and brown briolette-cut diamonds.
Pendant in the form of a panther chameleon holding onto a hand. The white enameled hand wears a bracelet set with diamonds and a pair of demantoid and garnet rings. Except for his back ridge, the chameleon’s body of yellow gold is covered with matt multilayered enamels of black, blue, green, and red color. Its eyes are trapiche emeralds with six-pointed radial pattern that is visible through the overlaying rock crystal lenses. One of a kind.
Pendant in the shape of a young pangolin that is coiling around a white enameled hand. The hand wears a bracelet of partially oxidized white gold and a pair of diamond and purple sapphire rings, and is embellished with golden tattooed ants that the pangolin tries to catch with its tongue. One of a kind.
Pendant in the shape of a grass carp that tries to twist itself free from the holding hand. The white enameled hand is tattooed with splashes of golden droplets; it wears a bracelet set with diamonds, and a pair of diamond and tourmaline-set rings. The carp’s engraved scales are enameled black and covered with translucent purple, golden-brown and turquoise enamels. The eyes are composed of rock crystal lenses with pupils set on the reverse and underlaid with radially engraved iris discs of partially oxidized white gold. One of a kind.
Pendant in the shape of a koi that tries to twist itself free from the holding hand. The white enameled hand is tattooed with golden shells and sea snails; it wears a bracelet set with diamonds and diamond and sapphire-set rings. The koi’s engraved scales are outlined with black enamel and covered with opalescent enamel of orangey peach color with flame-red and black markings. The eyes are composed of rock crystal lenses with pupils set on the reverse and underlaid with radially engraved iris discs of partially oxidized white gold. One of a kind.
Pendant made of a killer whale’s tooth. Engraved rhombus patterns are embellished with Japanese lacquer and yellow gold blossoms that are set with rose-cut diamonds in white gold collars. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with a blue tanzanite and rock crystals arms covered by the miniscule hematite scales that cause a metallic-blue light reflex. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with a neon green-yellow chrysoberyl and arms made of double-ended rock crystals with three-phase inclusions of tar, oil and natural gas. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with a red spinel and arms made of double-ended rock crystals with three-phase inclusions of tar, oil and natural gas. One of a kind.
Amulet with a yellow gold nature cast of an eagle fern (Pteridium aquilinum) behind engraved rock crystal panes in a frame of rose gold that is embellished with enameled microengravings, pink spinels, and diamond-set white gold stars. One of a kind.
Diamond-set pendant of white gold in the form of Gothic rose window.
Pendant of partially oxidized white gold with a claw cast of an Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). With a flexible hinge and a spring-loaded finger.
Cross pendant with rock crystal arms, a petrol-grey tourmaline, and a diamond-set slug ornament on the reverse. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with rock crystals arms, pink tourmaline, and a diamond-set ornament inspired by the Mayan architecture. One of a kind.
Rosary necklace composed of salwag palm seeds and a sterling silver nature cast of a Ceropegia sandersonii bud.
Necklace of white gold composed of darkly oxidized Archimedean solids set with brown diamonds, and diamond-studded universal joints. Pictured with an amulet of white and yellow gold with engraved rock crystal panes, mother of pearl inlays, vitreous enamel, brown diamonds, and a sapphire.
Enameled and gold painted hand pendant with a fly agaric of partially oxidized white gold, whose gills are made of engraved boxwood and whose yellow gold cap is covered with vitreous enamel. One of a kind.
Cross pendant of white gold with mirror-imaged butterfly-sliced banded agate, Pietra Dura ornaments of red, white, and yellow jasper, moonstones, and micro pavé-set diamonds. One of a kind.
Pendant with a naturally grown solid silver curl (An Hui, China) set in an ornate rose gold frame with engraved rock crystal panes, red spinels, and enameled toucan heads with eyes of rock crystal and onyx. One of a kind.
Cross pendant of carved ebony and yellow gold with enameled face and coral flowers. One of a kind.
Cross pendant of ebony and yellow gold with coral inlays and a blackamoor carved in ebony, coral, ivory, and jet. One of a kind.
Amulet of rose gold with a naturally grown silver curl (An Hui, China), engraved rock crystal, red spinels, and pelican heads made of oxidized gold. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with arms of tropical tagua nuts. An engraved coral poppy with a stamp of 18K rose gold and enameled stamens sits in a yellow gold frame in the center of the cross. This frame and the arms of the cross are embellished with cross-hatched sterling silver patches both in the front and on the reverse.
Tahiti pearl necklace with a white gold clasp in the form of a dragon head with enameled eyes and teeth.
Enameled rose gold bird pendant with ruby cabochons. One of a kind.
Yellow and white gold cross pendant with arms of Mexican opal. One of a kind.
Enameled and gold painted hand pendant with an enameled snail of white and yellow gold. One of a kind.
Enameled and gold painted hand pendant with an enameled chameleon. One of a kind.
Cross pendant of yellow gold carved ebony with inlays of ivory and coral. One of a kind.
Necklace composed of Archimedian solids of yellow and partially oxidized white gold.
Necklace of 22K yellow gold inspired by the traditional Indian jewellery.
Amulet of yellow gold with a Paraiba tourmaline, engraved rock crystal, onyx, vitreous enamel and painted gold ornaments. One of a kind.
Cross pendant of rose and white gold. The turned ivory front is set with an emerald, and the turned jet reverse with a rose-cut diamond. The side edges are of turned gold, and the arms are capped with red enameled faces. One of a kind.
Necklace with enameled and diamond-set pea pods of yellow gold with Keshi pearl peas.
Amulet with an enameled rose gold nature cast of a young, uncurled fern. Engraved rock crystal tube, rose and white gold, vitreous enamel. One of a kind.
Amulet with a yellow gold nature cast of an euphorbia thorn and enameled blood drops. The enameled and gold-painted frame is set with keshi pearls and engraved rock crystal panes. One of a kind.
Yellow gold pendant with tourmaline crystals, micro pavé-set diamonds, and vitreous enamel. One of a kind.
Enameled yellow and white gold pendant with an old mine-cut diamond and micro pavé-set diamonds. One of a kind.
Cross pendant with a ruby encircled by yellow gold casts of maple tree buds; with vitreous enamel, painted gold ornaments, and micro pavé-set diamonds. One of a kind
Cross pendant with a sapphire encircled by enameled yellow gold nature casts of antlers of tropical stag beetles. One of a kind.
Yellow gold cross pendant with beryl crystals and intarsed garnet plates. One of a kind.
Yellow gold necklace inspired by the traditional Malagasy braiding techniques.
Pendant in the form of an engraved ebony cow head with coral and tulipwood inlays and granulation. One of a kind.
Fire salamander engraved in ebony with yellow gold inlays. One of a kind.