Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It's crafted in 18 karat

It's crafted in 18 karat gold with a court shaped profile and raised outer edges

It's modelled in 14 karat gold throughout - a good size and very nice quality

a couple of very minor nibbles to the girdle of the sapphire

It seems to have inspired some sort of bizarre competition among English jewellers to see who could produce the weirdest/silliest snakey face

There is more to this antique fob than meets the eye

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It's crafted in 18 karatDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A 19th century curiosity the "Damp Detector". At first I thought this was some sort of stripped back barometer, but apparently they were marketed to help travellers check that their hotel beds weren't well, damp. An issue I can quite imagine to be common in Victorian Britain, tbh. It remains paired with the original fitted leather case, and works perfectly. I'm unsure quite how scientific the 0 100 scale is, but the