Antique Silver Pietra Dura Lily Of The Valley Brooch tigers eye The legends say a Spanish

The legends say a Spanish conquistador discovered the ametrine mine in the 1600s when he received the land after marrying a native princess named Anahi

with two smaller garnets and four seed pearls as accent stones

this locket back pendant holds a lock of chestnut hair with green and red ribbons

Representing a moth

Antique Silver Pietra Dura Lily Of The Valley Brooch tigers eye The legends say a SpanishPietra Dura, an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or "hardstones" is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. The stonework, after the work is assembled loosely, is glued stone by stone to a substrate after having previously been "sliced and cut in different shape sections; and then assembled together so precisely that the contact between each section