VICTORIAN SAPHIRET GLASS HEART HAND FIST PENDANT BOX CHAIN NECKLACE C.1880

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RARE LARGE SAPHIRET HEART ON HAND FIST PENDANT<br>BOX CHAIN NECKLACE C.1880<br>THE CHAIN IS 17 1/2 INCHES LONG<br>THE SAPHIRET GLASS HEART HAS BEAUTIFUL PLAY OF COLORS<br>FROM SKY BLUE TO REDDISH BROWN<br>DEPENDING ON LIGHT DIRECTION<br>THE HEART IS 17 MM X 16 MM<br>IT IS SET IN ARTICULATED SCALLOPED BEZEL<br>SUSPENDED FROM VERY REALISTIC HAND FIST<br>THE HAND IS 20 MM LONG<br>THE WHOLE PENDANT IS 44 MM LONG 18 MM WIDE<br>IT IS SUSPENDED ON ANTIQUE FANCY BOX CHAIN<br>17 1/2" INCHES LONG<br>THE CLOSURE IS AN OLD BOLT CLASP<br>WITHOUT THE PIN FOR A THUMB<br>THERE IS NO HALLMARK<br>THE PENDANT AND CHAIN ARE GOLD FILLED<br>TOTAL WEIGHT 15 GRAMS<br>VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE<br>SAPHIRET GLASS WAS INVENTED AND MADE IN GABLONZ,<br>CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN MID 19TH CENTURY.<br>IT HAS ITS SIGNATURE COLOR SHIFT FROM BROWNISH PURPLE TO SKY BLUE<br>DUE TO A SPECIAL FORMULA IN WHICH REAL GOLD WAS FUSED WITH GLASS.<br>THE PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED SHORTLY AFTER THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY<br>BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER COST EFFECTIVE AS VALUE OF GOLD INCREASED.<br>MOST OF THE TIME SAPHIRET STONES WERE SET IN GOLD FILLED OR BRASS PIECES.<br>SINCE SAPHIRET IS GLASS AND FRAGILE, VERY FEW PIECES SURVIVED TO THESE DAYS.<br>HAND DESIGN STARTED WELL BEFORE VICTORIAN PERIOD,<br>ITS POPULARITY WAS HIGHEST DURING THAT TIME<br>WE COMBINE SHIPPING<br>International shipping needs re-calculation of shipping cost<br>Please contact seller before bidding<br>