Description

SPECS

• Code – 302P
• Material –  ice cream shell, bail and ring are made of solid sterling silver.
• Diameter – about 2.5 cm shell, and around 3.5cm if the length of the bail is added.

INTERESTING 

The ice cream shell in varying forms is found from KwaZulu Natal to Saldanha Bay. The local one occurs frequently on our beaches, and when it emerges, has a purple grey, to pink tinge which quickly is bleaches to white by the sun.

Hermit crabs love to inhabit them, and one often sees them moving in shallow pools with a crab inside.

These shells are interesting because they have great length in proportion to their width and they have a large number of whorls which gives them an interesting geometry and makes them a good candidate to cast in sterling silver.  They make great pendants because of their shape.

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