Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch/pendant, Silver Inlay, Rope-edge Mount, C.1860

A high-domed Victorian piqué medallion: worked tortoiseshell finely inlaid in silver with a bouquet within concentric ring borders; rope-twist white-metal (likely silver) bezel with concealed suspension loop so it can be worn as a pendant as well as a brooch. Long steel pin with period C-catch; gilt fittings.
Size & weight: diameter approx. 3.6 cm; 6.94 g.
Condition: good antique condition; light surface wear; a narrow opening to the back seam of the bezel with traces of old solder (stable) and minor edge/rim marks from age; inlay crisp; mechanism sound.
Legal note: Worked hawksbill tortoiseshell, pre-1947 antique. UK domestic sale permitted. Export outside the UK requires CITES permits; we can arrange the paperwork, with all permit and courier costs borne by the buyer.

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