Lot 006 - Antique Victorian Woven Hair Watch Chain with Gold-Tone Fittings, Engraved Slider, and Diamond-Shaped Carved Carnelian Intaglio Fob Depicting Hermes / Mercury in Profile, 12" L

Lot 006 - Antique Victorian Woven Hair Watch Chain with Gold-Tone Fittings, Engraved Slider, and Diamond-Shaped Carved Carnelian Intaglio Fob Depicting Hermes / Mercury in Profile, 12" LAntique Victorian watch chain constructed from finely woven brown hair in a flat braided cord, fitted with gold tone metal hardware including a T bar, short link chain, and end caps. An engraved gold tone rectangular slider joins the two strands at center, from which a diamond shaped fob hangs. The fob holds a carnelian stone, identified by a lapidary and a geologist, with a carved intaglio depicting Hermes Mercury in profile wearing a winged helmet,

the other posed alongside the exterior wall of a wood-frame building

includes original insert

Item dimensions are of boxes

Pre-Auction Notes: Paint chipping and wear

the second being called "He is Saved

Antique cast metal button hook featuring a figural handle shaped as a lady’s leg wearing a high Victorian-style boot

The gold stamping on the front cover remains legible with moderate dulling

each mounted on a dark wooden pole with pointed finial tops

Antique illustrated adventure novel titled "Marooner’s Island

this is still a very nice display piece

Clark’s Mile-End Spool Cotton

not including string