Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline one or two minor chips

one or two minor chips

which is probably the standout for me

~100 years after it was popularised by Napoleon when he proposed to Josephine with a sapphire and diamond example (look that up

6cm (including bail)

other than: christening date 17th April 1750

Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline one or two minor chipsDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Cool late Victorian pendant featuring a (working!!) miniature compass set within a shimmering block of tiger's eye. It dates from the late 19th century, circa 1890, the stone displaying excellent colour banding and strong chatoyancy. The formation of the mineral was long supposed to be an example of pseudomorphism, however a paper published in 2003 by Heaney and Fisher contests this: "Tiger's eye is an attractive and popular