The Vintage Shell necklace looks very simple, but very captivating due to its centrepiece – the shell. This shell is authentic and vintage, finished with gold plate and real leather double cord.
Materials: natural shell, leather cord, real copper.
Red And Cobalt necklace is another piece of jewelry made with authentic trade beads from Africa. Made to facilitate trade, glass beads in various forms made in Europe were in use by explorers and then traders mainly across the African continent. Blue colour of the beads stands for harmony, truth, insight, and loyalty. This necklace is made with authentic African trade glass bead.
The necklace sits perfectly around the neck and features adjustable length.
Materials: sterling silver, lapis lazili, glass bead artifact
Hand-made by Ottawa-Gatineau-based artist Elena NL.
Sapphire and pearl Guardians necklace has unique artefact: an authentic Ancient Roman copper coin from 4th century (316 – 337 AD). Elena Nahum Leroy gently restored the coin and added hot enamel for more beautiful appearance and metal protection.
Materials: copper, sapphires, freshwater pearls, copper-plated parts
Made to facilitate trade, glass beads in various forms made in Europe were in use by explorers and then traders mainly across the African continent. Blue colour of the beads stands for harmony, truth, insight, and loyalty. These necklace is made with authentic African trade glass bead accompanied with vintage mother of pearls shell hand-made oval bead.
Materials: sterling silver, lapis-lazuli, glass bead artefact, mother of pearls artefact, freshwater pearls.
Hand-made by Elena NL.
This beautiful unique and standing out necklace has an ancient Roman artefact: bronze brooch bird with enamel from 4-5th centuries AD.
Materials: bronze, copper, jade
Approx. 48 cm.
This viking style bronze necklace may become a conversation piece. The pendant is an authentic artefact – viking bronze button from 8-10th century. It’s framed with lapis lazuli and howlite and finished with copper magnetic clasp.
Materials: bronze, copper, lapis lazuli, howlite, vinyl cord
This hand-made in Ottawa elegant necklace will become a conversation piece. The pendant has an authentic artifact – a Viking bronze button from 8-10th century. To make it stand out more, I added hot-enamelled copper round in teal colour.
FINE PRINT: Nuada set has an authentic Celtic silver ‘ring-money’ from 5th – 2nd century BC (2100-2400 years old).
Nuada set has an elegant garnet, pearl and silver necklace paired with sterling silver and pearl stud earrings.
Snow Queen necklace and earrings set has sterling silver vintage pendant from 1920’s and framed with white opaque sapphires, labradorite and sterling silver findings.
Roman Legion copper necklace has an authentic bronze artifact from Ancient Rome dated 200-400 AD. It’s gently restored and polished by me.
Back in Rome, white, blue and coral colours were used most in jewelry and I chose the gemstones with the same colours: bamboo coral, lapis lazuli, and howlit
All metal findings and the chain are made of copper that with time will show beautiful and vintage-looking tarnish emphasizing the beauty of the Roman pendant.
This unique Flavius Constantinus necklace has an authentic Ancient Roman bronze coin struck in 319-320 AD. Constantine I, or Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor who reigned from 306 to 337 AD.
Materials: bronze, lapis lazuli, howlite, copper, bamboo coral
Byzantine Beliefs hand-made necklace contains real artefact from Old Constantinople, hot-enamelled and polished by me for more attractive look. Aventurine and Lapis Lazuli create sensation of calmness and balance.
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Hand-made by Elena NL.
Hormizd – King of Kings set has an authentic silver artifact from Persia aged over 1400 years. A pendant in the Horzmid set is a silver used-to-be coin (drachm) struck in 580’s. I gently cleaned and restored this coin. And Brutish Museum has the same artifact in its collection (Museum number1913,0411.124). So, proudly wear a piece of history!
This gorgeous set made with authentic Late Medieval bronze with some gold plate artifact (over 500 years old)
I got this cross from my relatives and then enamelled it. Silver is getting tarnished quite fast and cleaning such a big piece of jewelry on regular basis is not fun, so jewelry-grade enamel not only brings the colours into this piece, but also protects the metal from oxidation.
Hot-enamelled by me.
Angelos set has an authentic Byzantine artifact aged over 820 years.
This Seahorse necklace has authentic bronze arrowhead from archaic period dated circa 750-500 BC (more than 2500 years old).
Elena Nahum Leroy cleaned and polished the arrowhead, added hot enamel to emphasize the texture of the metal, wrapped with copper wire and soldered it to secure the position of the metal.
Materials: bronze, copper, sodalite, angelite, vinyl cord.
Fascinus Lazuli set has an authentic ancient silver Roman pendant amulet, dated circa 200 AD – 400 AD (4.8g)
Sterling silver, lapis lazuli
Hand crafted in Canada
