Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry which was a technique that

which was a technique that was rediscovered by Castellani after studies of ancient Etruscan jewelry artifacts

this pendant combines the Celtic and Maltese style crosses

this lovely example is in a fine lemon gold

is very difficult to do

adjustable T-bar

Sapphire and River Pearl Claw Conversion Pendant Antique animal jewelry which was a technique thatVictorian 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