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Find Out MoreA most unusual and rare late GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). brooch of Halley’s comet.
Halley’s Comet was named after Sir Edmund Halley, the royal astronomer. He formed a view that all of the sightings between 1531 and 1682 were actually one single comet, which circled the sun every 75-76 years. Halley predicted that it would return again in 1759 and, when it did, it received its name. The next sighting was in 1835 and, soon after, jewellers began creating Halley’s Comet pins, which were influenced by the shape of the comet as it approached the sun, it heated up and produced a tail that streaks away from the comet’s head. These intricate small pins are rare and significant historical pieces. Both the Georgians and Victorians had an affinity for symbolism and meaning, and created jewellery to represent birth, love, betrothal, and mourningRings made especially to mark the death of a loved one. Often called 'memento mori' rings. Rare examples survive intact and are highly collectable. or death. In both time periods, significant events such as Halley’s Comet sightings, also inspired commemorative jewellery pieces. My view is that this jewel is a memorialTypically featuring skulls, urns and other symbols of death, these 16th-18th century jewels were inscribed with the names and dates of the deceased. piece as it features a carved hard stone of a celestial lyre, and what looks to be a fish with gills swimming towards one, which forms part of the lyre.
Unmarked, tested to at least 15ct gold
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