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Stunning Victorian garnet pendant with locket back

Reference #: 9028

Status: sold

Dimensions: 1.5 by 2.25 inches or 3.5 by 6 cm

Condition: excellent and all original; no restoration or damage

Year: 1860-80

Price: sold

Description: Large Victorian garnet pendant with locket back. This striking pendant is encrusted with rose cut garnets; note the complex faceting of the larger garnets. This is one of the prettiest garnet lockets I have seen. The pendant is a low karat rose gold, often called, "garnet gold".

Garnet is the birthstone for January.
The stone received its name from the Latin word for pomegranate, "granatum", because it reminded early scientists of pomegranate seeds.
The Persians considered garnet a royal stone. Primitive cultures believed that garnets could be used to stop bleeding and cure inflammation. Asian and North American tribes used garnets as bullets, believing the stone would inflict fatal wounds. During the Victorian era, Western cultures believed that garnets would enrich the blood and provide the wearer with a long, healthy life.