A 9ct gold cased pendant of the kind that rewards a close look. The body is finely detailed throughout, the goldsmithing precise at a scale where precision is genuinely difficult. At the base sits a purple hued glass paste, the light purple catching light with a warmth that belies its modest size.
Pieces like this were made for charm bracelets and fob chains at the height of the Victorian craze for novelty and sentiment in miniature. The best examples, and this is one, show a level of craft entirely disproportionate to their size. Small objects made with serious intent.
