{"product_id":"fossilised-palmwood-navette","title":"Fossilised Palmwood Navette","description":"\u003cp\u003eNavette ring c.1790 set with a beautiful specimen fossil taken from an early c19th brooch..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh carat gold,engraved shoulders.Typical navette mourning ring type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 8.5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 'spotted agate' is actually fossilised palm wood or palmoxylon, an extinct genus of palm known in the fossil record from the Late Cretaceous to the Miocene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsed in jewellery from the late Georgian period though very rarely found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe V and A has a great collection of specimen agates including examples of palmoxylon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/collections.vam.ac.uk\/item\/O450658\/specimens\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePetrified palmwood includes a group of fossil woods that contain prominent rod-like structures within the regular grain of the silicified wood creating a unique spotted decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63907356148061,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_821a556481a547a4a15185689b05aa7a_mv2.avif?v=1773854532","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/fossilised-palmwood-navette","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}