Eye for Drama - Georgian Gold Gem Quizzing Glass rose_cut_diamonds Revived in the later Victorian

Revived in the later Victorian era

this elegantly proportioned pendant blends platinum

Each emerald (approximately 5 mm each way) is bezel set with sides that reach just over the top of the emerald surfaces

two at SI2-3

Dating to the early 1900s

Eye for Drama - Georgian Gold Gem Quizzing Glass rose_cut_diamonds Revived in the later VictorianQuizzers or quizzing glasses were popular for both men and women from the 18th century onward. So named because they "quizzed"? or studied a subject. Some magnified, others reduced and were meant as a means to view a scene, such as an opera or play. In this case, this fine gemstone and gold quizzer, reduces. Hold it up to a landscape, a play or human scape, and the scene is miniaturized. An artist may have used the same type of reducing glass to paint