Antique Victorian Ivy Book Chain Necklace Gold Gilt Gold MEASURES: Height 20mm x Width

MEASURES: Height 20mm x Width 37mm x Depth 1mm

Garnet is the birthstone of January and has been desired throughout history for its strength and blazing red flame which glows beneath its dark exterior

bonded by their love for one another

usually depicting Gods and characters from Roman & Greek mythology

Antique Victorian Ivy Book Chain Necklace Gold Gilt Gold MEASURES: Height 20mm x WidthA wonderful antique Victorian chain from the late 19th Century consisting of gold gilt book links which have developed a rosy bronze hue with age. Each is engraved with an ivy leaf which in Victorian times represented a loving, unbreakable bond, as in the Victorian rhyme Close clings the ivy to the tree, so in my heart I cling to thee. Its a wonderful, articulated chain, in excellent condition and fitted with a new ring clasp at the end. WEIGHT: 12