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Posted 1 year ago
kustomkare
(5 items)
My mother handed me this pendant one day because she knows that I collect jewelry and do genealogy. We know what side of the family it is from, but I have never been able to figure out it's age. If I could find anything like it I could probably figure who it belonged to. I just can't definitely match the style to anything like it.
I was polishing some silver today and thought, maybe I should take a polishing cloth to it. It looked very dull and like a base metal. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually polished. It is almost 2" long, and about 1 1/4" wide. The stone is amber, what I have always heard termed "Butterscotch" Enough light comes through that I can see an insect, or something so it is not opaque. This side of the family lived in Pennsylvania since well before 1840.
I am new to this site. After posting this I found a section on Victorian and Edwardian jewelry. Some of the jewelry that was Victorian had a lot of the swirls and patterns of this piece! I can't tell you how many books I have gone through, online sites I have been to. I am thinking they only show the top line of jewelry and styles. This site, which I am loving more and more all of the time, actually has down to earth day to day styles, not just for the rich and famous. Thank you!
Costume JewelryThe term “costume jewelry” was coined in the 1920s, but jewelry and ornamen…
Amber JewelryAmber is the fossilized resin of 50-million-year-old conifer trees, usually…
Scottish maybe? I haven't seen filligree like this. Keep hunting on your PA side.
This is a Fleur-de-lis design on your pendant. The yellow amber is beautiful.Amber was very popular during 1890-1917 period. The Victorian period jewelry favored the Fleur-de-lis design. Most likely your piece is from the Great Britain area.