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jewelry and other fine antique items from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian
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Antique
jewelry and other fine antique items from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian
eras
E-mail Darlene
Antique jewelry> mourning jewelry
Reference #: 2713
Status: sold
Dimensions: 1 inch wide by 1.75 inches high, not including split jump ring; 2.8 cm by 4.5 cm
Condition: excellent; small hairline in ivory, left side, just above the "plu".
Year: 1780-1810
Price: SOLD
Description: Rare, one of a kind, French 18kt. rose
gold fob. The fob is double sided and swivels.
One on side is a miniature on ivory depicting two birds
connected by a ribbon. One bird (representing the soul) is
ascending into heaven while the other one remains behind,
resting in the middle of a broken Cyprus or willow tree.
The miniature is comprised of hair and sepia paint.
Written in French around the miniature
"The further we are apart, the closer we are together."
On the back of the fob are blonde and dark brown hair, entwined,
just as the couple were in life. Note that the top of the
fob is shaped like an draped obelisk. The workmanship on
this substantial fob is superb. To see other images of this item, please click here:
photo1 and photo2 and
photo3
