DATE: 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 belcher chain for wear as a pendant.

STONES 

Rose Cut Diamonds

MEASUREMENTS 

Pendant: 2.2 x 1.8cm

Wearable length: 18 inches

WEIGHT 

5.7g

MARKS 

Chain stamped 9ct, pendant tests as 15k gold

CONDITION 

Very good, light wear commensurate with age