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£48
A selection of lapis lazuli jewellery comprised of a graduated bead necklace, 45cm long, a bead bracelet, a pair of oval stud earrings stamped '925' and two oval pendants.
We are pleased to be offering this lot from the stock of family run firm Shipton and Co., who were based in Hastings White Rock area, and who were unfortunately forced to close their doors in 2014 after a section of the rock face above collapsed onto their shop, making the building unsafe. Famously used on the burial mask of Tutankhamun and by Michelangelo when painting the Sistine Chapel, lapis lazuli has been highly prized since ancient times. It's colour varies from a medium greyish blue to an intense royal blue, to deep indigo, with varying amounts of white and brassy gold from calcite and pyrite inclusions. Archaeologists have found lapis lazuli beads, jewellery and carvings dating back as early as 6,000 BC. It is though by many to have protective qualities, with different cultures across the world and throughout history believing it to have a strong force for good, holding it in the highest regard.
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