The Asymetrical Fish Dangle Earrings feature sterling silver and agate, in a subtle asymetrical design.
 
Across cultures and history, silver has carried spiritual and symbolic weight as well as financial value. Sumerian and Egyptian artisans were working it into religious objects by the third millennium BCE, and Egyptians at times prized it above gold. Across many mythologies Greek Selene, Vedic Chandra, Celtic Arianrhod its cool white sheen tied it to the moon and to cycles of renewal.
 
Agate is among the oldest gemstones worked by human hands: Mesopotamian lapidaries were carving it into cylinder seals and beads by the third millennium BCE. Its name is traditionally traced to the Achates River in Sicily, where ancient Greek and Roman writers placed its discovery. The banded stone's hardness made it ideal for the intaglios and signet rings of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, and in Egypt it was carved into protective amulets and scarabs tied to rebirth.