An open circle frame in silver rhodium-plated brass holds a terracotta enamel coral-branch pendant at its interior — the branch fitting within the circle as a contained composition, anchored by a starfish bail at the top. The terracotta enamel of the coral reads as warm against the cool silver rhodium of the frame: the two materials are in contrast, the subject — coral inside a tide pool — makes sense of that contrast. The open circle gives the pendant visual air; the coral branch fills enough of it to be a composition, not merely a pendant within a frame. A piece that declares its marine origin through both subject and structure.