Victorian Diamond Horseshoe Necklace pinchbeck very strange antique "stanhope" pendant

very strange antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the latter half of the 19th Century

It opens up to reveal a letter with the words I LOVE YOU on one side

Stamped 750 (later added)

and date from the 1820s - a time when paste stones could command as much money

as the natural gemstones they sought to replicate

Victorian Diamond Horseshoe Necklace pinchbeck very strange antique "stanhope" pendantDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A gorgeous Victorian horseshoe necklace dating from the latter half of the 19th Century. It's set with seven rose cut diamonds, four on one side three on the other, as the superstition dictates: seven being the luckiest number. Horseshoes have long been associated with good luck, and it's said that the devil cannot enter a house with a horseshoe hung over the door. This one's modelled in 15 karat gold and attached to a chunky