This cross-shaped pendant will be sold in the box I found in it! It is made from horn and decorated with gold inlay, in a technique known as piqué.
This form of decoration was used for small luxury items such as snuff boxes and jewellery from the 18th Century onwards. Piqué was traditionally a French specialty. By the 1760s, the technique had spread to England, where it was mass-produced by Birmingham manufacturers from the 1870s onwards.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Size: 74 x 43 mm, excluding the jump ring.
Weight: 7.40 grams.
Age: 19th Century, also known as the Victorian era, circa 1880s.
Material: Horn with gold details.
Condition: In good antique condition with only minor wear, consistent with their age.
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