Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant animal jewellery 132cm length

132cm length

and still contains the original photographs

likely Burmese) AnchorCert Report 225729/20035239 - 1

It sits beautifully when worn

Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant animal jewellery 132cm lengthDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A weird antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the late 19th Century. It's carved from a piece of hardwood into the shape of a cat, and contains a clever, tiny viewing lens that displays a series of photographs depicting popular tourist spots in Swanage, on the south coast of England. Stanhopes (aka Stanho scopes) were invented by Ren Dagron in 1857 as a way of viewing microphotographs without the need of an expensive