Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings trench art Sardonyx – 11

Sardonyx – 11

It displays a vivid cornflower blue

half a carat in weight

And that's the basic anatomy of an English hallmark: metal symbol

A stunning pair of antique teardrop earrings

Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings trench art Sardonyx – 11DATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Goldstone, also known as aventurine glass or monkstone, is a kind of glittering glass that has come to be used in jewellery as a semiprecious stone. One original manufacturing process for goldstone was invented in seventeenth century Venice by the Miotti family, which was granted an exclusive license by the Doge. Urban legend says goldstone was an accidental discovery by unspecified Italian monks or the product of alchemy, but