Dendritic agate + owl necklace

This Dendritic agate necklace holds a wearable piece of the Earth itself, carefully cut by my local lapidarian friends and set in a silver casing. Next to it hangs a barn owl head, hand made from clay and hand painted by a Ukrainian artist. The Dendritic agate is a gorgeous stone with a black, brown and grey pattern across a white background - like a landscape seen from the owl's perspective, from high above.

This set comes on a 60 cm long chain made from recycled silver, with a hand made clasp stamped with my maker's mark LHL and a 925 silver stamp. It's oxidised and polished to a matte, grey look. The stone measures approximately 2 cm across, and the owl head measures around 1.5x1 cm.