Tenaim Shard or Segula

Brooch 1999
Reticulated Sterling Silver & China Shard
1 1/2" x 1" x 1/4"
Fabricated
A small shard of fine china was brought to me by a young woman's mother-in-law. The remnant had been saved from the shattered plate broken by the mothers of the bride and groom in a pre-nuptial ritual at her son's Orthodox Jewish wedding. Now it is a memory and an heirloom.