Large Victorian Gold Masonic Orb Pendant vauxhall glass inlayed with gold and silver

inlayed with gold and silver

and the astrological symbol for Venus

And those little hoops at the top: designed to clip on to your wig (

Dating from the 1940s

The stones rest in millegrain platinum settings

Large Victorian Gold Masonic Orb Pendant vauxhall glass inlayed with gold and silverDATE: Victorian c. 1890 A cool antique Masonic Orb pendant modelled in 9k gold with six blackened silver pyramids inside. The frame holding the ball in place has individually hinged arms a clue to its age with the more recent examples feature a rigid "cage" holding the ball together. These unusual pieces would have been used as a nondescript pocket watch fob, hiding the masonic symbolism from sight (however another mason would presumably instantly