Victorian Silver-Over-Gold Bird Pendant | Rose Cut Diamonds & Ruby Eye | Circa 1850s
Victorian Silver-Over-Gold Bird Pendant | Rose Cut Diamonds & Ruby Eye | Circa 1850s
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A Victorian-era bird rendered in extraordinary detail, this pendant is believed to date to the 1850s or earlier, crafted in silver over 18k yellow gold with naturalistic, almost theatrical presence. The gold surfaces — the beak, the talons — catch the light in warm contrast against the silver-set body, a hallmark technique of mid-19th-century fine jewelers who understood that a bird in flight should glint like one.
Rose cut diamonds are pavé-set throughout the body, their flat-backed, domed faces producing the soft, candlelit scatter that only antique cuts achieve. This is not the icy flash of a modern brilliant — it is something quieter and more alive, the kind of movement that comes from facets cut by hand for a single, specific stone.
The eye is set with a single natural table-cut ruby — a vivid, saturated red that reads immediately across a room. Table cuts of this kind are among the oldest faceting styles still found in fine jewelry, deeply consistent with a pre-1860s attribution.
This pendant arrived as a brooch and has been recently and thoughtfully converted. The original piece retains all of its period integrity; the conversion allows it to be worn as intended for today's collector — close to the body, freely, as a pendant.
A hallmark is present on the backside of the crown. The mark has resisted identification through World Hallmarks reference volumes and remains unattributed at this time. Research is ongoing; we welcome any hallmark expertise our customers may bring.
We believe this bird to be a cockatiel, though we are not ornithologists — and we genuinely invite correction. What is beyond dispute is the quality of its execution: the stance, the articulation of the feathers in metal, the tension in those golden talons. Whoever this maker was, they understood birds.
Dimensions: 53.4 x 17.1 x 7.8 MM
Metal: Silver over 18k Yellow Gold tested
Markings: Hallmarked on the crown
Weight: 8.5 grams
Circa: 1850‘s or earlier
Diamonds
Cut: Rose Cut Diamonds Natural
Weight: 78 = 1.25 cts estimated weight
Measurements: 2 - 1.2 mm
Ruby
Cut: Table Cut Natural
Measurements: 1 @ 1.5 mm
Color: H-I
Clarity: SI1/2
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