Saint Christopher Pendant

For the woman who measures her year in flights and wants the saint of travelers on her chain before she boards.

This 18k yellow gold Saint Christopher pendant carries the saint at the center of the medal, lifting the Christ Child across the river, the legend that has made him the patron of travelers, drivers, sailors, and everyone in motion since the third century. The figure is sculpted in fine relief, framed by the engraved invocation "Saint Christopher protect us" along the border, and finished with a refined contrast of polished and softer textures so the central figure stands out against the field. The metal is solid 18k Italian gold, struck with the 750 millesimal mark and the registered Italian provincial hallmark that identifies authentic provincial goldsmithing.

Devotional medals for travelers are one of the Florentine bench's oldest specialties. The bridge itself was a passage; the goldsmiths who took the Ponte Vecchio after 1593, when the Medici officially registered the bridge as the home of the trade, made medals for the merchants who crossed the Arno and the pilgrims who continued to Rome. The Saint Christopher medal is struck on its own die, sculpted in relief, polished and contrasted by hand. The piece is meant to be worn precisely when the wearer is somewhere they have not been before.

This is the pendant for the woman who travels for work, for restlessness, or for both. The piece that goes with her in every cabin.

It reads protective. It reads heritage. It reads as Italian gold made for the road.

Sourced from the boutiques of Ponte Vecchio, Florence. Solid 18k yellow gold, 750 millesimal fineness, with the registered Italian provincial hallmark. DDP worldwide delivery, fully insured, duties paid before the pendant leaves Florence. Perfect Fit Guarantee included.