Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline Simple vintage diamond stud earrings

Simple vintage diamond stud earrings set with gorgeous old European cut diamonds - a quarter carat stone in each ear

The triangular facets catch the light both on the way in

A particularly cool antique silver cuff bangle dating from the late Victorian era

and look fantastic in daylight and candlelight alike

~100 years after it was popularised by Napoleon when he proposed to Josephine with a sapphire and diamond example (look that up

Late Victorian Tiger's Eye Compass Pendant tourmaline Simple vintage diamond stud earringsDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Cool late Victorian pendant featuring a (working!!) miniature compass set within a shimmering block of tiger's eye. It dates from the late 19th century, circa 1890, the stone displaying excellent colour banding and strong chatoyancy. The formation of the mineral was long supposed to be an example of pseudomorphism, however a paper published in 2003 by Heaney and Fisher contests this: "Tiger's eye is an attractive and popular