Victorian Black Cat "Stanhope" Pitlochry Souvenir Pendant tiger's eye and creates a pleasing warm

and creates a pleasing warm colour contrast to the icy white diamonds and platinum

A superb mid Victorian pique brooch dating from the 1870s

Each diamond drop is individually articulated

and at his feet is a basket full of gold hearts

They're mounted in closed back-silver settings

Victorian Black Cat "Stanhope" Pitlochry Souvenir Pendant tiger's eye and creates a pleasing warmDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A very, very strange antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the latter half of the 19th Century. It's made of carved bog oak (a form of petrified wood) and formed as a black cat but the cool part is in its chest: a tiny "micro photographic" lens that you can look through to bring up "A Memory of Pitlochry" along with a series of miniature photographs documenting the local scenery and attractions. A small town in Perthshire,