This beautiful swivel fob pendant feature 3 gms. Bloodstone and Carnelian crafted in Gold.
Design Era: Late Victorian (1885-1900).
Dimensions: H 2.4 x L 1.8 x W 0.69 cm
Weight in grams: 3
Condition: Very good condition – slightly used with small signs of wear
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Specifications
This beautiful swivel fob pendant feature 3 gms. Bloodstone and Carnelian crafted in Gold.
Design Era: Late Victorian (1885-1900).
Dimensions: H 2.4 x L 1.8 x W 0.69 cm
Weight in grams: 3
Condition: Very good condition – slightly used with small signs of wear
Late Victorian
During the Late Victorian or Aesthetic period (1885-1900), jewelers used diamonds and feminine, bright gemstones such as sapphire, peridot, and spinel. Star and crescent designs as well as elaborate hat pins were also popular. Some scholars believe the aesthetic era began sooner, in 1875, and ended as early as 1890.
Bloodstone
Bloodstone is a polycrystalline variety of chalcedony (quartz) with a dark green hue and red or orangey patches. These iron oxide dots or patches are dispersed throughout the stone. As with most chalcedonies, bloodstone is very tough making it suitable for glyptographs rendered as seals, cameos and intaglios.
Carnelian
Carnelian (or cornelian) is the translucent red variety of chalcedony which on its turn is a form of cryptocrystalline quartz. It’s been known and used since antiquity when it was sourced off the surfaces of the Egyptian and Arabian deserts. The highliest prized carnelian has a true blood-red color.
Gold
Because of the softness of pure (24k) gold, it is usually alloyed with base metals for use in jewelry, altering its hardness and ductility, melting point, color and other properties. Alloys with lower carat rating, typically 22k, 18k, 14k or 9k, contain higher percentages of copper or other base metals or silver or palladium in the alloy. Copper is the most commonly used base metal, yielding a redder color.
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