Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone though extremely plain and unpretending

though extremely plain and unpretending — like many of his friends' — was very richly embellished within

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

There is more to this antique fob than meets the eye

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

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

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone though extremely plain and unpretendingDATE: 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