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Secret Dreams Whale Pendant Necklace

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Inspired by traditional Mexican Nichos, this Francesca Villa necklace perfectly balances playful design with thoughtful details. The three dimensional 18K yellow gold and titanium pendant has a painted back and tiny whale at its center. Blue sapphires, tsavorite garnets and white diamonds accents the composition, along with tiny enamel and yellow sapphire flowers. It hangs from the 18K yellow gold chain and closes with a matching lobster clasp.

total length : 24" : 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, titanium, diamond and sapphire pendant : 1 1/2" x 5/8"
blue sapphires : 1mm diameter each : .18cttw
yellow sapphires : 1.5mm diameter each : .06cttw
tsavorite garnet : 1mm diameter each : .11cttw
diamonds : 1mm diameter each : .22cttw
18K yellow gold lobster clasp closure

Francesca Villa Jewelry

ITALY - Francesca Villa builds her jewelry around found objects, unexpected materials, and a strong sense of narrative, creating compositions that feel layered, personal, and slightly surreal. After years working in fine jewelry and launching her own collection in 2007, she developed a visual language shaped by travel and discovery, combining antique fragments and uncommon references with precious stones and gold. The result is jewelry defined by juxtaposition—where distant influences and unlikely materials are brought together in ways that feel both highly composed and impossible to replicate.