A George IV jewelled and vari-coloured gold heart-shaped pendant necklace

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A George IV jewelled and vari-coloured gold heart-shaped pendant necklace
The yellow gold body chased with two colour gold foliage, one side with the message 'Regard' in coloured gems with central half pearl and turquoise flower, the other with glazed locket reverse, the quadruple suspension chains with beaded loop to the textured circular link neckchain, circa 1830, pendant 5.0cm. overall height

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For further information on the 'language of stones' see S.Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910 (1991), pp. 144-5 where it states that the fashion for jewellery carrying hidden messages spelt out in the initial letters of gems was at its most popular in the 1820s and 1830s before being revived in the 1880s and lasting into the Edwardian era

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