17th Century Stuart Crystal Earrings edwardian The wild animals most sacred

The wild animals most sacred to Mars were the woodpecker

Glorious Victorian necklace comprising five drops set with pink almandine garnets and seed pearls

light surface wear to the stones

and the prongs are long and slender with barbed half-hoops at the base

17th Century Stuart Crystal Earrings edwardian The wild animals most sacredA remarkable pair of earrings almost 400 years old. Made popular during the early 1600s, under the rule of Charles I (of House Stuart), 'Stuart Crystal' is a faceted rock crystal gemstone cut thin like glass and set over a subject. In the case of these earrings, the rock crystal is set over squares tightly woven hair bordered with a thin twist of gold wire. They likely started life as buttons or cufflinks; the hair of a loved one worn close. With