Vintage Sea Glass Worry Locket
May 29, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Accessories, Recycled, Reclaimed and Vintage
I love the ocean and as a kid we spent a lot of time at the beach. Huntington Beach, to be specific, in Southern California. We used to find beach glassand to this day, I watch for it, when I have the opportunity to walk the shore. (Pismo, not Huntington, these days). I love the feel of it, the frostiness of the color – especially the blue and green glass, although color-less glass is cool, too. The broken edges smoothed by endless tumbles along the sand.
I found this gorgeous vintage sea glass Worry Locket today at the Ghost Ship shop at Etsy. Ghost Ship explains that in ancient times, Greeks would carry worry beads around to relieve stress. “The beads were often found objects and strung together to be lovingly counted in meditation.”
I used to have a worry stone and I would rub my thumb on the smoothest part when I was stressed out. It sounds silly, but find a smooth stone or some worry beads and give it a try.
This sea glass was found along the Canadian coast and Ghost Ship speculates that it could be from old medicinal or spirit jars thrown overboard by fisherman years and years ago. It’s held safely within a silver filigree heart and hung on an 18″ long silver-plated chain.
Simply beautiful.
Image credit: Ghost Ship at Etsy.com
That’s really gorgeous!
Very beautiful!
Thanks for commenting, ladies and I agree – lovely jewelry!
This piece is just absolutely beautiful. If you did the silver work by hand I’m even more impressed.