Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline 6cm (including bail)

6cm (including bail)

Given the three dice it was possibly intended as a portable way to play bunco – a parlour game popular in 19th Century England

Simple vintage diamond stud earrings set with gorgeous old European cut diamonds - a quarter carat stone in each ear

The triangular facets catch the light both on the way in

Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline 6cm (including bail)DATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Cool late Victorian pendant featuring a (working!!) miniature compass set within a shimmering block of tiger's eye. It dates from the late 19th century, circa 1890, the stone displaying excellent colour banding and strong chatoyancy. The formation of the mineral was long supposed to be an example of pseudomorphism, however a paper published in 2003 by Heaney and Fisher contests this: "Tiger's eye is an attractive and popular