Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant zircon 1900 - modelled in 15k

1900 - modelled in 15k gold with the diamonds set in detailed silver mounts

The head is modelled as a double heart - each on set with a halo of diamonds around either a blue sapphire or a ruby

with chased gold ribbons at each compass point

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Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant zircon 1900 - modelled in 15kDATE: Victorian, 1899 This attractive late Victorian pendant was made as a good luck charm, most likely to be given to a member of the Royal Irish Regiments fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The Regiments played an important role in the Battle of Slabbert's Nek (July 1900), and, after fighting in some particularly bloody battles in March 1900, Queen Victorian wrote to General Sir Redvers Buller: "'I have heard with the deepest concern