About this Piece
| Length: | Just over 7/8” (excluding bail) |
| Width: | 3/4" |
| Material: | Tests for gold-filled, glass |
| Weight: | 4.2 grams |
| Mark: | No mark |
| Era: | Victorian |
Why You’ll Love It
Forget wishing on a shooting star. Look no further than this antique Victorian gold-filled charm in a soft yellow hue. Its horseshoe motif symbolizes nothing but pure luck. With hand-etched detail, a hammered finish at the back, and gypsy-set paste shimmering in a deep red hue, this piece has everything your need to feel like luck is on your side.
Condition and Quality
| ● | Bright patina with minor surface scratching and wear to the finish. No dents. |
| ● | Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass. |
| ● | Secure, original bail. |
Collector Note
On Symbolism In Jewelry. Symbolism in antique and vintage jewelry is common, yet it can be hard to spot if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Often, specific natural gemstones, flowers, birds, and motifs like stars and anchors were imbued with meanings that have fallen out of present-day society’s collective memory. To appreciate the power of symbols in antique jewelry is to imagine what it would have been like to wear the piece and step back into history.
On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria’s taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid.