Antique Georgian Mourning Pendant Gold Painted Porcelain Hair Pearl Initials

This fine example of georgian jewellery is a 15 karat gold pendant designed as a bouquet of flowers in a vase, a so called gardinière. Two citrines ...

The charming pendant in the shape of a ball is set with facetted garnets and river pearls.

This wonderful initial E has been hand carved from a solid sheet of 21.,6 karat gold around 1800. Gold with the purity of 900, also known as 21.6 karat was u...

This mid 19th century Victorian mourning brooch is constructed as an outer frame with an inner revolving oval locket. The frame is designed as a succession of scrolls. At the top and...

I have a long-held fascination with Victorian hair art and mourning jewelry, and this piece is full of amazing details. In the 19th Century Europe a...

Emiline Necklace. A delicate strand of hand-linked creamy cultured pearls has been intercepted with stations of exquisite and rare faceted Sleeping Beauty turquoise ovals, then flan...

An incredibly rare piece of history is seen in this Georgian Mourning pendant dates back 240 years. Created to memorialise the death of Briti...

A very rare antique Georgian to Victorian Snake Pendant Locket with a small hinged Locket opening in which to place a treasured memento, a mourning item, or possibly poison! The extraordinary Snake Pendant is 14 Karat Gold. The head and eyes of the snake are set with a pear shaped and two round faceted red Garnets. The locket portion is covered with a crystal or rock crystal cover on the front. The reverse of the locket portion opens with a lovely detailed hinge with a glass cover. The pendant is 34mm long including the bales. Without the bales the snake is 28mm long and 12mm wide. The interior of the locket portion is 4mm in diameter and is 4.5mm deep. The snake is 14 Karat Gold. The pendant weighs 1.6 grams. The listing is only for the snake pendant. The chain is only shown for display. The bales may be a later addition. A pendant with a poison compartment is extremely rare and having one in the form of a snake is highly unusual. The combination of both a snake and an pendant is rarely ever seen. The following is a description of poison rings: A poison ring or pillbox ring...