Fine Antique Georgian to Victorian 16k Gold Jewelry Brooch w Pin, Dangle Drop Fringe - Halley's Comet 1835 cat A slender black cord suspends

A slender black cord suspends a small heart-shaped pendant at her décolletage

it has hundreds s of those Victorian glass beads worked into a very French abstraction of florals

Without key

Nothing visible there when the cap is in place

tumbler or "timbale" with unique goblet style footed base and ornate interlaced "CV" or "VC" monogram

Fine Antique Georgian to Victorian 16k Gold Jewelry Brooch w Pin, Dangle Drop Fringe - Halley's Comet 1835 cat A slender black cord suspendsWith the enormous rise in gold prices, I'm prompted to pull out crates of fine antique jewelry and work them up. This type, with the trailing Halley's Comet dangles (c. 1835) have always intrigued me and this is the last one I have left. Tests 16k, has a safety pin on chair to be sure you can't lose it all the more important now. I didn't spend much effort cleaning or polishing these, so that's the gold shine from 20 30 years ago when I purchased it.