GEORGIAN SNAKE SPINNER FOB PENDANT ‘LET THEM INDULGE THEMSELVES’

Victorian period

A lovely Georgian double snake spinner pendant.

Circa 1820; The spinner is made of Smokey Quartz with three different intaglios.

The first face is engraved with the initials ‘DW’ in gothic text.

The second has an intaglio of a classical head.

The third is an allegory of Cupid stoking a flaming heart, with the Latin motto ‘Let them indulge themselves’

The spinner frame is made of two gold snake head terminals with their tails twisted together to create the bail.

Looks so nice on a fine to medium gauge chain

MEASUREMENTS

Size approx: H: 3.5cm x W: 2.5cm x D: 1.6cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 9g

MATERIALS

Quartz, min 9ct gold  

CONDITION

The spinner has slight nibbling to the edge of the stone

There is a scratch in the gold above one of the snake heads.

Otherwise condition is very good.