VICTORIAN DOG INTAGLIO TASSIE PENDANT

A gorgeous Victorian ‘Tassie’ glass intaglio pendant.

The intaglio depicts a countryside hunting scene with two gun dogs in the long grass.

The intaglio has been set in a very simple 9ct gold setting, to allow the story of the piece to take centre stage.

In Victorian England shoots were a quintessential British social scene for the upper class, who would meet with their gun dogs to shoot grouse and other birds, that would end up on the dinner table!

A Tassie is a paste or glass copy of a cameo or intaglio.

Scottish gem engraver James Tassie created replicas of ancient engraved agates and gemstones and developed a formula for an opaque glass that could replicate various colors and patterns.

MEASUREMENTS

Size approx: 2.5cm x 2.8cm (incl bail)

Depth 0.4cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 6.1g

MATERIALS

Glass and 9ct gold

CONDITION

Excellent, some minor surface scratches to the glass, which are commensurate with the age of the piece - see pics

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