Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant coin jewellery 7cm at widest point

7cm at widest point

A crazy stunning Art Deco period diamond clasp in platinum and 18k white gold

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75 carats of icy old mine cut diamonds

Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant coin jewellery 7cm at widest pointDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A weird antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the late 19th Century. It's carved from a piece of hardwood into the shape of a cat, and contains a clever, tiny viewing lens that displays a series of photographs depicting popular tourist spots in Swanage, on the south coast of England. Stanhopes (aka Stanho scopes) were invented by Ren Dagron in 1857 as a way of viewing microphotographs without the need of an expensive