Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket amethyst individually set in articulated 15

individually set in articulated 15 karat gold mounts that feature textured sides

and gorgeous hand-chased detailing all over

Brilliant Cut Diamond (2pts

Certified natural saltwater pearl (10

along each of its short edges

Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket amethyst individually set in articulated 15DATE: Vintage, c. 1994 This remarkable vintage locket is made from a silver ingot recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Sonora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sunk off the Florida Keys in 1622 laden with over 40 tons of gold and silver, and an estimated 70 pounds of Colombian emeralds. The wreck was discovered over 300 years later, in 1985, by Mel Fisher, who had been searching for it since the early '70s. It was a long and dangerous process,