Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It seems to have inspired

It seems to have inspired some sort of bizarre competition among English jewellers to see who could produce the weirdest/silliest snakey face

and finally a beautiful butterfly mirrors the journey of growth and transformation

a couple of minor dings/scratches to the back

a couple of very minor nibbles to the girdle of the sapphire

which also works to set up a gorgeous mixed metal palette with the yellow gold band

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It seems to have inspiredDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A 19th century curiosity the "Damp Detector". At first I thought this was some sort of stripped back barometer, but apparently they were marketed to help travellers check that their hotel beds weren't well, damp. An issue I can quite imagine to be common in Victorian Britain, tbh. It remains paired with the original fitted leather case, and works perfectly. I'm unsure quite how scientific the 0 100 scale is, but the