Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline ~100 years after it was

~100 years after it was popularised by Napoleon when he proposed to Josephine with a sapphire and diamond example (look that up

intricately crafted from seed pearls

A particularly cool antique silver cuff bangle dating from the late Victorian era

other than: christening date 17th April 1750

Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline ~100 years after it wasDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Cool late Victorian pendant featuring a (working!!) miniature compass set within a shimmering block of tiger's eye. It dates from the late 19th century, circa 1890, the stone displaying excellent colour banding and strong chatoyancy. The formation of the mineral was long supposed to be an example of pseudomorphism, however a paper published in 2003 by Heaney and Fisher contests this: "Tiger's eye is an attractive and popular