18k gold Our Lady of Mount Carmel medal pendant with a hand carved mother-of-pearl cameo depicting The Blessed Mother Virgin Mary and The Holy Child Jesus Christ. This stunning yellow and white gold pendant is carefully crafted and adorned with clear sapphires which cast a heavenly glimmer.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid-13th century. They built in the midst of their hermitages a chapel which they dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, whom they conceived of in chivalric terms as the "Lady of the place."

Our Lady of Mount Carmel´s patronage includes: Carmelites, Chile, Bolivia, Catemaco, Aylesford, Roraima, Birkirkara, Jaboticabal, Valletta, Pernambuco, Villalba, Hatillo, Higuerote, Carlopoli, protection from harm, protection from dangerous situations, deliverance from Purgatory

Dimensions -.85” x 1”

Pendant materials - 18k white gold, 18k yellow gold, mother of pearl and clear sapphires

Platinum chain length - 14.50”

Total weight 3.70 grams

Circa 1950s

Provenance - Spain

cleaned and polished

display box not included with purchase