Antique Scottish Pebble Bow Brooch, Victorian c. 1890, Agate and Sterling Silver Carved Intaglio and the origin mark

and the origin mark

This necklace is hallmarked with the French Boar’s Head mark for silver

antiques in general

Hand crafted in the Victorian era

Antique Scottish Pebble Bow Brooch, Victorian c. 1890, Agate and Sterling Silver Carved Intaglio and the origin markThere is an excellent book by Ginny Redington Dawes called Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures. It has the most wonderful photographs of Victorian jewelry, and especially of Scottish pebble jewelry. When I came across this fantastic Scottish agate bow brooch on my last trip to London, I thought immediately of this book, it was like this one jumped on of one of those luxurious glossy pages. This fantastic and brightly colored sterling silver bow