The Power of Love!
This Early-Victorian bi-colour gold-backed pendant from 1830 embodies a treasure of symbols through a deep pink cabochon garnet heart, a silver-topped bow, snake, cross, and anchor encrusted with three European cut diamonds and a total of 86 rose cut diamonds set on foil. While the ruby-eyed snake wraps around the cross, its head emerges to the centre of the garnet, emphasizing the opulent heart shape.
This meaningful composition reveals the snake's role of protection, wisdom, hope, and fertility when it comes to matters of the heart, from deep within the garnet's core. This gemstone of love is topped by a cross which extends from behind the garnet into an anchor, resulting in an Anchored cross, also called a Mariner's cross. Generally signifying hope, this bejeweled imagery contributes even more to the message of promise and faith in this jewel.
To complete the message of hope and tenderness, the above-pictured piece with a 14K yellow gold back dangles from an adorable bow-knot with an 18K red gold back, which literally depicts the strong bond of love. This bow particularly grants you the possibility to even wear this extraordinary jewellery piece as a brooch.
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It couldn't be more clear from the craftsmanship and the total design that this jewel doesn't just speak of promises and fairytales, but it truly achieves to convey the message of love.