Pioneer Swirl Furnace Glass Pendant Copper Replacement Agate and another is now seasonally

and another is now seasonally buried under shifting sand

It was then shaped and polished by hand and set into a fully fabricated sterling silver pendant

Fine fortification banding throughout

Copper Replacement Agate Cabochon

Pioneer Swirl Furnace Glass Pendant Copper Replacement Agate and another is now seasonallyThis pendant is made from Pioneer Swirl furnace glass, a historic byproduct of early Michigan industrial smelting operations. The swirling patterns are not decorative additionsthey are the result of molten industrial glass cooling under uncontrolled conditions during early furnace processes. As the material separated and solidified, it formed layered movement patterns that are highly variable and never exactly repeatable. Although commonly referred to