Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant collars the sapphires display excellent colour

the sapphires display excellent colour and the diamonds are chunky old mine cuts - crafted in 15 karat gold throughout

Behind a glass panel are three forget-me-not flowers

It's the less common star variant of the style

carved from a single piece of brown agate

before spreading around the world via Muslim artisans

Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant collars the sapphires display excellent colourDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 Cute antique Lucky Pig charm pendant carved from a strongly iridescent piece of mother of pearl. The carving is of a particularly high quality, slightly caricatured, with elongated ears and snout and original 9k gold fittings remaining intact. Pigs have long been considered lucky, the tradition going back at least as far as the Middle Ages, when swine were considered a sign of prosperity. As well as being omnivores, pigs were