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Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant

Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant

$400.00

Description

DATE: Victorian, c.1860

Cute antique Lucky Pig charm pendant carved from a strongly iridescent piece of mother of pearl. The carving is of a particularly high quality, slightly caricatured, with elongated ears and snout and original 9k gold fittings remaining intact. Pigs have long been considered lucky, the tradition going back at least as far as the Middle Ages, when swine were considered a sign of prosperity. As well as being omnivores, pigs were easily raised on kitchen scraps - combine this with their relatively rapid rate of reproduction, and the owner would have a near-constant high quality food source. Dating from the mid Victorian period, circa 1860.

STONES 

Mother of Pearl

MEASUREMENTS 

2.3 x 1.8 x 0.9cm

WEIGHT 

4.2g

MARKS 

No marks present, fittings test as 9k gold

CONDITION 

Very good

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