Vintage Boulder Opal "Eyes" mourning jewellery CS*FS maker's mark on one

CS*FS maker's mark on one pig

it's quite rare to see a moonstone intaglio as the stone is notoriously hard to carve

it's awesome)

A gorgeous Victorian diamond-set horseshoe pendant dating from the late 19th Century

Vintage Boulder Opal "Eyes" mourning jewellery CS*FS maker's mark on oneDATE: Vintage, 1970s A collection of eight boulder opals, each specimen formed into the shape of an eye with opal pupil in the centre of the pink host rock (which is beautiful in its own right). Opal was discovered in Queensland in the 19th century, and although much was mined back then boulder opal was largely ignored in favour of pipe opal and seams thick enough to cut pieces of solid gem quality opal. In the 1960s, prospectors re opened old mines