Victorian Black Cat "Stanhope" Pitlochry Souvenir Pendant malachite The earrings are crafted in

The earrings are crafted in 9 karat gold and were made in England circa 1800

with an hourglass (indicating time has stopped for the deceased) on one shoulder and a pickaxe and spade on the other (the gravediggers' tools)

In Victorian symbolic tradition

tests as 18k gold and silver

a small chip to the edge of one of the sapphires

Victorian Black Cat "Stanhope" Pitlochry Souvenir Pendant malachite The earrings are crafted inDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A very, very strange antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the latter half of the 19th Century. It's made of carved bog oak (a form of petrified wood) and formed as a black cat but the cool part is in its chest: a tiny "micro photographic" lens that you can look through to bring up "A Memory of Pitlochry" along with a series of miniature photographs documenting the local scenery and attractions. A small town in Perthshire,