Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry this pendant combines the Celtic

this pendant combines the Celtic and Maltese style crosses

Wonderful filagree exterior details

these come with admiration from you and anyone who witnesses them

Age/Origin: late Victorian

Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry this pendant combines the CelticVictorian fascination with ornithology grew throughout the 19th century as books like John James Audubon's Birds of America became best sellers and spurned hobbies like bird watching and maintaining aviaries. That there could be a sentimental meaning attached to each bird heightened the collective interest in the subject. That secret language of birds was reflected in Victorian jewelry: everything from bird brooches to bird earrings to bird pendants