Past & Present Bracelet (Amethyst) ♻️

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Hold a piece of old glass up to the light and watch what happens. The color doesn't behave the way new glass does. It's softer, less uniform, full of tiny irregularities that catch and scatter light in ways that feel almost organic — the way sunlight moves through water, or through the windows of a very old church. There's a warmth to it that perfection can't replicate.Bottled Up Designs, a woman-owned studio in East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania, has built an entire practice around rescuing vintage glass — old bottles, antique tableware, Depression-era pieces — and giving it a second life as jewelry. The amethyst-hued stone in this bracelet carries that lineage. It was once something else, something whole, something used. Now it's been tumbled and shaped into a half-inch cabochon that holds its purple the way aged things hold color: deeply, unevenly, with character that only time can produce. Every piece is slightly different because every piece of source glass is slightly different. That's not a flaw. That's the entire point.The stone is set in sterling silver and strung on an eight-inch bracelet that sits comfortably on the wrist without crowding it. At just 5 grams total, it has a quiet, grounding weight — enough to remind you it's there, never enough to get in the way. Sterling silver and hypoallergenic throughout, made entirely from recycled materials.Handcrafted by Bottled Up Designs. Show more