Flora Sterling Silver Pendant with Ancient Mediterranean Limestone Maskette & Fancy Cut Amethyst

This pendant is named after Flora - the Roman goddess of flowering, spring, and the renewal of living things, celebrated across the Mediterranean in festivals of blossoms and abundance. The stone at its center is an authentic ancient maskette carved from pale warm limestone, part of a group of small masks associated with Mediterranean folk, devotional, and apotropaic traditions of the medieval to early modern periods. The face is gentle and rounded - shallow eyes, a soft modeled nose - the carver following the natural contours of the stone as if coaxing the face out rather than cutting it in. Such maskettes were carried and worn as personal protective objects across Southern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, votive faces held close through seasons of hardship and bloom alike. Sourced from a private collection, acquired on the art market in the late 20th century. Set in 925 sterling silver plated with 18K gold, with a natural fancy-cut amethyst - deep violet catching light from every angle, a stone long associated with clarity of mind, devotion, and the turning of seasons. This is a singular edition - handmade by the designer himself with no second copy in existence. For those who find power in softness. PLEASE NOTE: This pendant is made with an authentic ancient artifact and natural gemstones that may exhibit cracks, scratches, and color irregularities - these are not flaws, but marks of authenticity and age. Gemstone colors may appear differently depending on lighting conditions; please refer to the model photo for the most accurate representation. Next piece! Prepared using Claude Sonnet 4.6 Follow-ups Perfect, next piece Love it, keep going Tweak the closing line