Victorian Agate Anchor Brooch albertina Williamson

Williamson

Although it has long since fallen out of use in Italy

as the natural gemstones they sought to replicate

and composed in the late Classical / early Romantic style contemporary to the era

I desire to express my sympathy and my admiration of the splendid fighting qualities which they have exhibited throughout these trying operations

Victorian Agate Anchor Brooch albertina WilliamsonDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 A fantastic oversized anchor brooch pendant dating from the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. It's hand chased with foliate motifs, and crafted in sterling silver. The rope coiled around it makes it a "fouled anchor". This means to be entangled or entwined, so an anchor is said to be "fouled" if it becomes caught up in rope, or snagged on the seafloor. Across the front there are four agate panels, two carnelian and two