Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry Age/Origin: Eglish

Age/Origin: Eglish

these come with admiration from you and anyone who witnesses them

in some cases

this pendant combines the Celtic and Maltese style crosses

Jewels of the 1810's were mimicked in both silhouette and construction

Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry Age/Origin: EglishVictorian fascination with ornithology grew throughout the 19th century as books like John James Audubon's Birds of America became best sellers and spurned hobbies like bird watching and maintaining aviaries. That there could be a sentimental meaning attached to each bird heightened the collective interest in the subject. That secret language of birds was reflected in Victorian jewelry: everything from bird brooches to bird earrings to bird pendants