NECKLACE 11 CORAL CABOCHONS CROSS STERLING SILVER SHADOWBOX DESIGN HANDMADE CHAIN JULIAN & M. LOVATO IHM SOLD

SOLD Now available for purchase this lovely large pawn sterling silver cross with oxblood coral cabs.

This piece is valuable as well as collectable as the earrings as well as the cross are signed

Julian Lovato IHM (Indian Hand Made)

with a thunderbird facing right and the handmade chain is signed IHM M. Lovato with Thunderbird facing right.

Not only are both artist's husband and wife deceased, there has been "a moratorium placed on coral",

so what does that mean for you as a collector???

This means that you need to know when you purchase this piece or when you considering acquiring this piece,

no more coral can be taken out of the ocean therefore this piece can not be duplicated replicated

and you retain the piece as well as its value as these particular artist's can no longer create a piece such as this

nor can it be recreated in oxblood coral. This combination together makes this piece valuable and collectable

from a collectors standpoint.

Due to the fact that to even find oxblood coral in the past, divers had to dive to pirellis depths to recover it, 

keeping in mind this fact along with that all the coral beds being destroyed due to pollutants

destroying the coral beds and it takes about 100 years for coral like this to grow.

In one of the featured photos Julian is pictured with his wife and she collaborated in his designs as well.

Also you can see his wife actually wearing this cross. 

Length end to end is 16 1/4"L end to end.

Cross measures 3 3/4"H x 2 1/2'W.

Earrings measure 3/4"H x 5/8"W 

Set Weight is 106.7grams. 

A true rare museum piece that you can now own wear and enjoy!

Thanks for looking!