Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant collars before spreading around the world

before spreading around the world via Muslim artisans

it's well made and stylish

one bird has a natural crack/inclusion running through the podium

It's the less common star variant of the style

Mid Victorian Mother Of Pearl "Lucky Pig" Pendant collars before spreading around the worldDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 Cute antique Lucky Pig charm pendant carved from a strongly iridescent piece of mother of pearl. The carving is of a particularly high quality, slightly caricatured, with elongated ears and snout and original 9k gold fittings remaining intact. Pigs have long been considered lucky, the tradition going back at least as far as the Middle Ages, when swine were considered a sign of prosperity. As well as being omnivores, pigs were