Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé Unknown maker's mark to bail

Unknown maker's mark to bail

with a laurel wreath

The spider is set with two faceted peridots set in millegrain bezel mounts

and rests in a minimalist platinum four claw mount

and particularly the brevity of individual human existence

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé Unknown maker's mark to bailDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 In ancient Greek society, amethysts were considered an antidote against drunkenness the name "amethystos" literally translates as "not intoxicated", or not drunken. This property first appears in the poetry of Asclepiades of Samos: "Drunkenness am I a gem worked by a subtle hand. I am graven in amethyst, and the subject and the stone are ill assorted. But I am the precious property of Kleopatra, and on the finger of a Queen