Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings trench art and it's picked up a

and it's picked up a gorgeous patina over the years

half a carat in weight

Such a cool antique locket dating from the mid Victorian era

Sardonyx – 11

sometimes with the words Ich Dien (I serve) on a ribbon beneath

Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings trench art and it's picked up aDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Goldstone, also known as aventurine glass or monkstone, is a kind of glittering glass that has come to be used in jewellery as a semiprecious stone. One original manufacturing process for goldstone was invented in seventeenth century Venice by the Miotti family, which was granted an exclusive license by the Doge. Urban legend says goldstone was an accidental discovery by unspecified Italian monks or the product of alchemy, but