Victorian Crown Jewels "Sovereign’s Sceptre” Brooch love token It opens to reveal two

It opens to reveal two oval locket compartments and features the French eagle head (18k gold) control mark on the bail

These examples were probably intended to be set into pendants

It's crafted in onyx

crafted in silver with 18k gold bail and jump ring (both original)

On the front is the engraving "22nd February 1902" and to the back "Nurse - From Christie

Victorian Crown Jewels "Sovereign’s Sceptre” Brooch love token It opens to reveal twoDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 Its Jubilee Week over here in the UK (at least this is the week we get two bank holiday) so heres a little bit of British Royal ephemera to mark the occasion This is a brooch replica of The Sovereigns Sceptre with Cross, made in 1661 by goldsmith Robert Viner for King Charles II. Interestingly, the sceptre remains part of the British Crown Jewels, but in a slightly altered form the alteration being the addition of the Cullinan