Antique Victorian World Globe Painted Spinner Fob Charm Silver Plate Pendant

Just under 7/8 (excluding bail). Tests for silver plate, glass/ceramic. Figurals are fun-and the detail is mesmerizing. Take a closer look at this antique Victorian pendant worn on a watch chain originally, as its colorful and hand-painted surface realistically depicts that of a 3-dimensional globe -and surprisingly- it spins within the setting showing off all the geographical detail. With a dimensional shape and eye-catching silhouette, this antique piece is ready for your favorite chain or charm bracelet.

Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass/ceramic. Secure bail, bail loop was likely repaired at some point. There is some paint missing and thinning but it's a modest amount.

Figural jewelry includes any piece that has been shaped into an animal, person, object, or detailed "day in the life" scene. Antique and vintage figural jewelry is often quite charming and collectible for the realistic or cutesy details.

Specific objects or animals became popular and prolific in jewelry during certain time periods, Scotty dogs during the 1940s for example, or swallow birds during the Victorian era. Figural jewelry is special for its detail and realism but also tells the story of the decade they were made in. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head.

Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria's taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1678 GS 9.8.2 (1678).

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