VICTORIAN NIELLO HEART & DISC PENDANT

A pretty Victorian heart and disc niello pendant.

The puffy niello heart hangs in the centre of the tapered disc.

The whole pendant is adorned with a rose gold star pattern, which stands out against the metallic finish of the dark silver niello.

The pendant hangs from a large gold jump ring which makes it easy to add to your favourite chain.

‘Niello’ is the term for the technique of melting a mixture of silver, copper, sulphur and lead to create a gunmetal/charcoal grey tone. This mixture is poured over silver which has been pre-scored, to create the desired pattern.

It was extremely popular with French and Russian jewellers in the 19th century.

MEASUREMENTS

Size approx: 4cm incl bail x 3.2cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 5.3g

MATERIALS

Silver with Niello pattern

CONDITION

Very good , tiny nick to edge of niello heart, small dent in reverse where brooch fitting has been removed - see pictures for details