FREE: GIN!--Siam Sterling Pendant w/GIN BONUS

The listing, GIN!--Siam Sterling Pendant w/GIN BONUS has ended.

Siam Sterling Silver Pendant Guaranteed and tested for sterling by my jeweler. Vintage Item. Camera makes it look like there is damage to the pendant, there is NOT, its just the reflection.

History: These silver and black Thai pieces were popular in the 1950s through '70s, and were produced by a variety of jewelry shops. It is technically "Niello" or "Nielloware", created by carving out areas of the silver, and baking a sulfur/metals powder in the carved out areas. The design often displays Mekkala, the Goddess of Lightning, and represents the Thai version (The Ramakien) of the Buddhist and Hindu Indian legend, Ramayama, about a prince, his wife, his parents (King and Queen of Siam), and the evil king of Ceylon. This jewelry was often sent to American wives/girlfriends from their soldier-husbands/boyfriends on leave from fighting in Viet Nam, or stationed in Thailand during the Viet Nam war.
Note that the term "Siam" was used on these items from the early 1930s well into the 1980s (even when Siam was re-named Thailand). The term was used to represent the "Thai craftsmanship community."

GIN BONUS- 22 inch chain that is stamped 925. This was not tested but I will include it with GIN. I am not positive that something is sterling unless either I test it or my jeweler does. I am out of fluid for my testing kit.