This listing is for ONE pair of ready-made unique pair of earrings. A limited edition ‘Old World meets New World’ collection. The pre-engraved lace-like segments are cut from an antique Mother of Pearl (Nacre in French) gaming coin from the 19th Century - carefully riveted in 3 places onto a silver linen textured backplate (as shown in the montage picture). The pendant is free to roll along the chain with a bail hidden at the back.

My inspiration comes from preserving history and the actual Antique gaming coin in a wearable format to be viewed and appreciated by both the wearer and viewer. Bringing idle objects back to life as living jewellery, an up-cycled piece with elegance.

A well-preserved antique gaming coins are hard to find, but I've managed to find a few of these in great condition and I hope to show them off as wearable jewellery as much as I can.

This collection tells and carries a story and history. It guards an ancient coin once carved by the Chinese when back in the day when card games with quaint names like Piquet, Quadrille, and Spinado were the rage in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the games are long gone, their mother-of-pearl gaming chips live on as collectable antiques.

....... little history about carved MOP coins .......
The most beautiful antique chips are the ones carved and engraved by the Chinese between 1720 and 1840. Aristocrats often arranged to purchase exotic gaming chips through sea captains and agents of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC). As part of their salary, crew members were allocated a small area in the cargo hold in which to transport items to sell personally back in the motherland. The shipping companies themselves were primarily interested in major products such as tableware and tea rather than in small trinkets like mother-of-pearl gaming chips.
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Approximate measurements:

• Each earring is 2.15cm in drop length x 2cm in width
• handcrafted by me from my atelier in Provence-Alpes-Côte-D'azur, Marseille, France.

NOTE: The oxidised patina is a surface treatment which over time will wear off bit by bit leaving you a lovely vintage look. You may however re-patina it for an overall grey finish at home using a simple non-toxic technique. Please contact the seller for tips.

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