Outstanding Cut Steel Lavaliere c. 1820 pendant Featuring asymmetrical floral elements and

Featuring asymmetrical floral elements and an Etruscan Revival drop

There is some extremely minor surface wear visible at a magnification

for English export

Carnelian was often used for signet rings because the wax wouldn’t stick to the carnelian

a chain of this beautiful nature would be best suited to layering

Outstanding Cut Steel Lavaliere c. 1820 pendant Featuring asymmetrical floral elements andMade to shine and reflect light beautifully like diamonds and used on anything from earrings, necklaces, and brooches, to buttons, shoe buckles, and sword hilts cut steel was a huge trend in the Georgian and Victorian eras. Spreading quickly from its origins in Woodstock, near Oxford, it soon took hold in other English cities, and then France, Spain, and beyond. A remarkable cut steel necklace offering an exciting intersection of construction