sterling rosary

Costa Rican artisan Miriam Bruten works with sterling silver and natural pale pink cultured pearls the create this lovely necklace. The beaded strand is secured by a sterling toggle clasp.

Luminous cultured oval pearls in assorted shades of pink, peach and cream make up a classic strand bracelet. Costa Rican artisan Miriam Bruten creates the bracelet, adding a sterling silver toggle clasp to complete the design.

Luminous cultured pearls in assorted shades of pink, peach and cream make up a classic strand necklace. Costa Rican artisan Miriam Bruten creates the necklace, adding a sterling silver toggle clasp to complete the design.

Shimmering white pearls and a gleaming sterling cross together become a bracelet of divine elegance. India's Rituu designs a rosary-style bracelet of captivating beauty.

.925 Sterling silver

Decorating links of sterling silver bathed in 22k gold, petite glowing cultured pearls circle the neck. Balinese artisan Ketut Sulastri creates the rosary, which culminates in a golden cross and petite pearls that dangle from a larger pearl.

Rosa Rojo handcrafts this unique pair of dangle earrings from 925 sterling silver and white cultured pearls. She uses different patinas to create two highly-detailed skulls' faces.

Peru's Rosa Tomatis presents this sterling silver and cultured freshwater pearl ring with a design inspired by tales from Norse mythology, where gods seek order, power, and above all, wisdom. With dark oxidation and a hammered finish on the round bezel, the modern accessory projects an aura of graceful strength.

Swim in an ocean of spheric treasures with these dangle earrings by Rosa Rojo of Mexico. The artisan uses cultured pearls in a graceful round shape, each arranged around sterling silver beads that glow along their natural cream hue—a symbol of beauty.

Explore an ocean of square treasures with these dangle earrings by Rosa Rojo of Mexico. The artisan uses cultured pearls in a regal square shape, each arranged around sterling silver beads that shine along their natural cream hue—a symbol of grace.

An ancient Maya legend tells how the gods gave a specific mission to each being they created. But they realized none had been chosen to carry thoughts and desires from one place to another," says Rosa Padillas of Rosa Roja. "So they carved a small piece of jade into a a slender arrowhead, and it became a beautiful hummingbird with iridescent feathers — the x ts'unu'um. Its mission was to carry good thoughts to all human beings, even those who had died.

"Today, if a hummingbird appears in front of you, it is delivering a message of love from someone who is thinking of you. And if we wear the image of a hummingbird, we carry good thoughts and desires to others.

"The hummingbird legend says that we can fly to the six cardinal points of the universe, therefore the hummingbird is the ideal link to transmit thoughts of love, of respect, tolerance and peace to all creatures on the planet."

The talented Mexican artisan reinterprets the legend as a necklace of dramatic beauty. She creates a hummingbird pendant in the pre-Hispanic style, and adds an agate geode representing the hummingbird's nest. It poses on a strand of gray cultured pearls.