Victorian Ilfracolmbe Pig Stanhope Pendant queen anne and a plain rose gold

and a plain rose gold band completes the hoop

26ct Brilliant Cut Diamonds - I-SI2

VS1 clarity

The intaglio carved face depicts an unusual heraldic crest: a man's head and shoulders within a pair of wings

Victorian Ilfracolmbe Pig Stanhope Pendant queen anne and a plain rose goldDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 A weird antique Stanhope charm pendant fashioned as a stylised pig, carved out of a single piece of hardwood. Look through the little hole it its side, and you can see "A Memory of Ilfracolmbe" along with photographs of the main tourist attractions in and around the Devon town. Stanhopes (aka Stanho scopes) were invented by Ren Dagron in 1857 as a way of viewing microphotographs without the need of an expensive microscope. In