Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars Probably the nicest buckle bangle

Probably the nicest buckle bangle I've ever seen

Chrysocolla

with fence and willow tree in the background - all beautifully executed

This one dates from the late 19th Century

Victorian Sea Bean "Touch Wood" Pendant collars Probably the nicest buckle bangleDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Cool antique sea bean pendant designed to be worn as a touch wood. Sea beans (aka Drift Seeds) are a hard seed , fruit, or nut adapted for long journeys over water. Falling into the ocean in the Caribbean or mainland Americas, these exotic travellers would occasionally wash up on European shores causing wonder and amazement, and ultimately becoming associated with luck and good fortune it is said that a coconut can survive