A fish pendant, set with marcasite and garnet in sterling…
click the photo to enlarge
A fish pendant, set with marcasite and garnet in sterling silver. Length 5 cm. Weight 14g.

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
  • Garnet - A garnet is a mineral that is commonly used as a gemstone. It occurs in a wide range of colours, including red, pink, orange, green, yellow, and black. The most common and best known type of garnet is the red variety, which has a deep, rich colour and is often referred to as a "garnet red."

    Garnets have a long history of use as gemstones, and they have been prized for their beauty and durability for thousands of years. They are often used in jewellery, such as rings, necklaces, and earrings, and they are also sometimes used as a decorative element in other items, such as vases and goblets.

    Garnets are prized for their brilliance, durability, and resistance to scratching, making them a popular choice for use in jewellery. They are also valued for their hardness, which makes them well suited for use in abrasive applications, such as sandpaper and grinding wheels.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • Marcasite - Marcasite is a mineral, iron sulphide, but is rarely used in jewellery. Instead marcasite is the name given to iron pyrites, the mineral sold as marcasite which is identical in copmosition to iron sulphide but crystalises as a cube, making it more suitable for jewellery. It is a brassy yellow in colour and is also known as "fool's gold", and sits well with silver rather than gold becasue of its colour.

    Marcasite has been used in jewellery since ancient times and became popular again in jewellery in the 18th century, continuing through to the early 20th century, with the settings becoming cheaper as time progressed, eventually earning the sobriquet "costume jewellery" along with other cheap jewellery that was made for a prevailing pattern and meant to be changed with each new outfit.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

A diamond set butterfly brooch. 18ct white gold, made as a stylised three dimensional butterfly, sprung through wings to create a reverberating effect, finely and beautifully pierced throughout wings with millgrained rails of white gold, detailed by bezel

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

An 18ct. white gold and diamond ring, a 0.33ct round brilliant cut diamond claw set and surrounded by a hexagonal shaped row of six baguette and small round diamonds, a further five round diamonds set to each shoulder. TDW 1.03ct.

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

An emerald and diamond cluster ring, 18ct white gold, made as a modern cushion shaped cluster, featuring a central square emerald cut emerald of strong bright green colour, weighing approximately 1.20ct, claw set within a claw set surround of twenty brilli

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Three silver fob medallions. (3)

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.