19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant star sapphire and opens to reveal enamelled

and opens to reveal enamelled pips and a round locket compartment inside

meaning thought)

crafted in 9 karat gold with the subject rendered on bone over black leather and protected behind a convex glass front

King Edward was head of a fashionable elite and strongly influenced by the art and styles of continental Europe

Bug jewellery was a thing in the Victorian times

19th Century Heidao Monkey Pendant star sapphire and opens to reveal enamelledDATE: Victorian, c. 1850 Known as heidao, the art of carving nuts and fruit pits into intricate three dimensional beads flourished during the Qing period (1644 1911), with artists continually trying to better themselves and their contemporaries both. Subjects would include the Chinese zodiac, Buddha, sages, animals, scenes from nature or legend, and they would typically use apricot kernels, peach, coquilla, or olive pits, walnuts, or myrica rubra