Tiger Claw Necklace

Tiger Claw Necklace
India, c. 1865



 In
Nineteenth Century India, a tiger’s claws were considered to be
powerful charms against evil. They were frequently used as amulets.
Visitors to India, especially the British, found this custom charming
and started to bring tiger claw amulets back to Britain as souvenirs. By
the middle of the century, with a growing market, makers of tiger claw
charms branched out into more elaborate pieces such as this one.

It
was clearly made for the British market. The design is very similar to
the shape and form of European jewelry. This particular necklace was
exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition in 1867. Ten tiger claws
of graded size have been set in engraved gold. The claws are linked by
chains and the whole piece hangs from a gold snake. 

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Insect Necklace

Made
of jasper, gold and agate, this woven necklace boasts a Milanese chain
of hollow eliptical sections and three carved hard stone pendants. A gold
frog, in relied, adorns the box clasp. 



The piece was made in Italy in
the late Nineteenth Century by Giacinto Melillo who was known for his
jewels made on ancient designs.



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Save your hair

Would you believe this bracelet is made of hair?

It's a Victorian snake coil
bracelet with 14 karat yellow gold and garnets and a woven hair band,
approximately 14" total length by 1/2" wide, snake head 2" long. For sale here.



 Hair
jewelry was the height of the romanticism and sentiment that
characterized
the Victorian era.



 Watch
chains and bracelets often show the most ingenious hair weaving
techniques with more
than one color of hair often used, as perhaps a chain given by three
daughters to their father.



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