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Victorian Heart Pendant with Natural Pearls in Gold as a Pendant, England c. 1900


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Victorian Heart Pendant with Natural Pearls in Gold as a Pendant, England c. 1900
Victorian Heart Pendant with Natural Pearls in Gold as a Pendant, England c. 1900
Description
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This small pendant is the proverbial heart of gold. Its surface is adorned with a rich setting of real pearls. Pearls were particularly prized in Victorian England. As an attribute of Venus, the goddess of love, they were regarded as a symbol of true love - and at the same time they were also a sign of the colonial greatness of the Empire, as pearls reached Great Britain from its own colonies, from India, Ceylon and Australia. As was so often the case in England, Queen Victoria herself provided a model for such small hearts of gold. She received a bracelet with a similar small heart pendant from her husband, Prince Albert, for the birth of her first daughter. For each subsequent birth, he gave her a new heart - eventually nine heart pendants adorned the Queen's bracelet. This romantic gesture was well known to her subjects and was widely imitated. A look at contemporary jewelers' catalogs shows just how popular jewellery with pearls set in yellow gold was in Great Britain at the turn of the century. The catalog of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London, for the year 1899, which is available online, contains numerous examples that help to date this pendant to these years. We have fitted the antique heart with a new gold chain - so it can be worn immediately. We discovered the romantic pendant in London.
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Size & Details
Material: Natural pearls, split, max. diameter approx. 2.8 mm Gold, at least 585/000, equivalent to 14 carats The chain is made of 585/000 gold, equivalent to 14 carats
Hallmarks: The hallmark "AU 585" and FBM for Friedrich Binder, Mönsheim on the stamp ring of the eyelet
Size: The pendant approx. 1.9 x 2.3 cm The chain 45.0 cm long
Weight: 7.0 g
Condition: Very good, the chain renewed
Certificate: Delivery with certificate
Product Safety: The company responsible within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety is: Hofer Antikschmuck, Hofer & Dröge oHG, Schlesische Str. 31, 10997 Berlin, Germany. You can reach us by phone at +49 30 44030641 and by e-mail at mail@hofer-antikschmuck.de.
Item ID: 25-1207
Victorian Heart Pendant with Natural Pearls in Gold as a Pendant, England c. 1900
British Pearls
€ 2,390.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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