The Skull & Roses Rectangular Pendant is available in 10K, 14K, 18K, 22K, and 24K gold from TA Jewelers. Choose 22-karat or 24-karat gold for a high-karat version of this design.

22K and 24K options are yellow gold only.

A skull in the middle of the roses, not on top of them.

The Skull & Roses Rectangular Pendant is a large rectangular plaque with softly rounded corners, carved edge to edge — there is no flat ground anywhere on the face.

The skull sits at the centre in the highest relief, cranium, orbits and jaw fully modelled, teeth cut individually. Open roses crowd in around it on every side, five of them in full bloom with layered petals and turned edges, pressing right up against the bone. Behind and between them the entire remaining surface is filled with leaves and half-seen buds cut in lower relief, so the eye keeps finding more the longer it stays.

That layering is the whole trick of the piece: three depths of carving on one plate, with the skull forward, the blooms in the middle ground and the foliage receding behind. The satin finish across the field is what makes it legible — the high points catch and the recesses hold shadow.

It is the oldest idea in ornament, memento mori: the flower and the skull on the same object, beauty and its end in one frame. A wide flat bail sits above, cut for a heavy chain.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Three Depths of Relief – Skull forward, roses mid-ground, foliage receding behind
• Fully Carved Face – Worked corner to corner with no plain ground
• Layered Rose Blooms – Five open roses with individually turned petals
• Modelled Skull – Orbits, cranium and separately cut teeth in the highest relief
• Solid Gold Throughout – No stones and no plating

The Skull & Roses Rectangular Pendant is the pendant companion to our Skeleton and Roses bangle, and the densest carving we put on a flat plate.

Made to order, turnaround time is typically 2-4 weeks.

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