This necklace is a one-off design that I made some time ago (months? Years?), and recently re-photographed to make it fit in with my new Silverlight branding. It is called 'Pegasus' Sunrise'.
Pegasus' Sunrise, currently listed on Zibbet.
The pendant is a Jonette Jewelry piece, and bears the copyrighted JJ trademark on the back. The Jonette Jewelry Company went out of business in 2006, so their pieces are becoming collectibles. The pendant had a chain when I bought it, but it was a fine, gold-tone curb chain that didn't appear to match the pendant at all, so I don't know whether it was the original chain or not.
I don't use pink much in my designs, but these cherry quartz nuggets have a charming, roseate hue, like sunset clouds, that matches perfectly with the pink glitter on Pegasus' wings. I wire-wrapped them with non-tarnish, artistic wire, and fitted them to an antiqued-brass coloured curb chain which matched the pendant itself.
Cherry 'quartz' is actually man-made glass, cleverly made to imitate natural, semiprecious quartz with its tiny streaks and inclusions.
The pendant really is a beauty. The glitter on the creature's wings shimmers with pink, gold, and aqua colours, as though the Olympic sunrise is caught in his feathers. The morning star is between his forehooves, and his head is thrown back as he dances in the sky. You can see that there is wonderful detailing on his wings.
Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology. At first a wild creature, he was caught and ridden by a mortal hero named Bellerophon, with whom he had many adventures and conquered various monsters. At the last, Bellerophon tried to ride Pegasus all the way to the top of Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods. Outraged by such audacity from a mere mortal man, the gods sent a biting gadfly to annoy Pegasus. The insect irritated Pegasus so much that he bucked and threw Bellerophon, who was killed by the fall. Pegasus, however, continued to Mount Olympus, and, since he was a magical, immortal creature, was allowed to dwell with the gods forever.
The impossible horse, the ultimate steed, Pegasus is often used to represent dreams and the imagination. You can expect him to be a recurring theme in Silverlight Jewellery designs.
[Edit: 'Pegasus' Sunrise' is now called 'the Bobbi necklace'. This blog post explains why.]
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