Paella Pin Necklace

Festive, fragrant, and gloriously Filipino, the Shrimp Paella Brooch Pin Necklace honors a dish that arrived with the Spanish and never left — taking root in Filipino kitchens and emerging as something entirely its own, seasoned with three centuries of shared history and the Filipino gift for making every borrowed thing beautifully theirs.

The piece renders the paella pan from above: reclaimed stingray leather evoking the socarrat, that prized caramelized layer that marks a paella perfectly made. A hand-painted silver shrimp curls at the center, surrounded by green agate beans, ruby-red tomatoes and peppers, and citrine pavé eggs — colorful, abundant, and alive.

Part of the Salo collection, this piece honors the dishes made for many, never for one — the pans that travel to fiestas, the recipes passed between hands across generations and oceans. Handcrafted in sterling silver plated in gold, with reclaimed stingray leather, rubies, green agate, and white topaz pavé.

Designed to be worn as both a brooch pin and a pendant necklace.