Victorian Mother of Pearl Fish Pendant hair slide Old Cut Diamonds - total

Old Cut Diamonds - total weight approx

carved with a wonderfully detailed pastoral scene: a shepherd with three goats

before being finely painted - in this case Cupid

Striking antique 'eye' ring set with a cluster of brilliant cut diamonds around a central cushion cut blue sapphire

with a LONDON MADE stamp behind the clasp

Victorian Mother of Pearl Fish Pendant hair slide Old Cut Diamonds - totalDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 Unusual fish pendant dating from the 1860's. It's a hand crafted piece of mother of pearl with hand carved lines to create the illusion of scales and fins. With its long head and tail, I am unsure on what type of of fish this is Any guesses? I'm thinking carp. In ancient China, it was believed that there was a magical carp that was able to swim upstream against the current of the Yellow River and leaped over Dragons Gate