Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant coin jewellery Jewellers & Goldsmiths to the

Jewellers & Goldsmiths to the Queen and Royal Family"

the chain has been added later

This example is finely worked

It's a cube (signifying a die)

Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant coin jewellery Jewellers & Goldsmiths to theDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A weird antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the late 19th Century. It's carved from a piece of hardwood into the shape of a cat, and contains a clever, tiny viewing lens that displays a series of photographs depicting popular tourist spots in Swanage, on the south coast of England. Stanhopes (aka Stanho scopes) were invented by Ren Dagron in 1857 as a way of viewing microphotographs without the need of an expensive