This beautiful antique silver necklace hails from the Victorian Aesthetic era. The central rectangular pendant is hand-engraved in a delightful "Japonesque" design typical of the period with a Swallow against a background of Bamboo and tall grass. A pie crust border and silver beadwork add to the charming decoration.
The pendant has a gently pillowed profile with shadow work in the recesses giving a lovely dimensional effect and the top of the pendant has a built-in double bail with heavy duty silver rolo/belcher link chain attached at each side.
A quality piece the pendant is hollow and crafted from thick gauge sterling silver so it isn't thin and flimsy. It is in beautiful antique condition with expected signs of age like light surface wear and faint scratches. There are tooling marks as expected in a hand-crafted piece but no dents or dings.
This antique beauty is a classic Victorian love token, swallows are birds that mate for life and they were closely associated with love, loyalty and peace!
MATERIALS: sterling silver
MEASUREMENTS: laid flat end to end the necklace measures 18" (46cm), the pendant section measures 1-1/8 (3cm) tall and 1-3/8" (3.5cm) across and it is 4.5mm thick.
HALLMARKS: stamped '925' on the clasp and we have acid tested to confirm sterling silver throughout
WEIGHT: 12 grams
DATE: Victorian, circa 1880
CONDITION: in excellent antique condition any dark marks are camera reflection
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Materials: Sterling Silver.