18ct Essex Crystal of Grouse platinum Measurements: 15

Measurements: 15

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fashion jewelry was reduced to very simplistic designs

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and features particularly lustrous pearls that swing from golden chain

18ct Essex Crystal of Grouse platinum Measurements: 15An incredible Victorian essex crystal of a beautiful grouse circa 1890. This extremely fine Essex was created utilizing the classic technique of reverse intaglio rendering; to create the sense of three dimensionality, the subject was carved in intaglio, then painted in reverse, with highlights first, and base colors last. It is then pearled with a thin slab of mother of pearl, and presented inverted, so that a cabochon is cut of the forward facing