DATE: Victorian, c.1870

**RESERVED** A beautiful Victorian witch's heart brooch dating from the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1870. It's set with alternating natural pearls and turquoise cabochons, lightly graduated towards the base which ends in a scrolled flourish.

The Witch's Heart was a popular motif throughout the Georgian and early Victorian eras, the witches heart features a curved point at the bottom, and implied that the giver had become "bewitched" to fall in love with the recipient... in ancient times the heart was allegedly used to ward off witches and other evil spirits.

STONES 

Natural Pearls & Turquoise

MEASUREMENTS 

2.1 x 2.0cm

WEIGHT 

2.9g

MARKS 

No marks present, tests as 15k gold

CONDITION 

Very good