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Find Out MoreA charming 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold novelty brooch, as they are called. A monkey has caught a fish. It is a take on Aesop’s fables. The story goes thus.
A monkey perched upon a lofty tree saw some Fishermen casting their fishing lines into a river, and narrowly watched their proceedings. The Fishermen after a while gave up fishing, and on going home to dinner left their nets upon the bank. The Monkey, who is the most imitative of animals, descended from the treetop and endeavored to do as they had done. Having handled the fishing line, he threw it into the river, but became tangled in the meshes and drowned. With his last breath he said to himself, “I am rightly served; for what business had I who had never handled a fishing line to try and catch fish?’
so maybe the meaning is that you should only follow what you are good at!
Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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