Victorian Russian Brown Bear Pendant 15k gold A beautiful

A beautiful

A sweet antique pendant with a red guilloché enamel star along with the words Er Sei Dein Glücksstern - This Be Your Lucky Star - in black enamel around the outside

it dates from circa 1870

wavy engine turned lines

all combining to form the overall snowflake design

Victorian Russian Brown Bear Pendant 15k gold A beautifulDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A superb Victorian brown bear pendant dating from the latter half of the 19th Century. It's Russian made, carved from a single piece of brown agate, and features a gold collar with dangling pearl. The quality and condition are both excellent beautifully carved and set with demantoid garnet cabochon eyes. The bear has been a widespread symbol for Russia for at least the last 500 years, variously relating to the Russian Empire,