Victorian Pique Necklace with 18ct Yellow Gold Rhondele c1890

The stunning Victorian Pique Necklace with 18ct Yellow Gold Rhondele c1890, is in store now for you to see the true beauty this incredible necklace holds.

Piqué work was a type of decorative work made by inlaying tiny points or pins of gold or other precious metals (Sometimes mother-of-pearl) in patterns or pictures on tortoiseshell. Sometimes Ivory was used.  Small metal pieces fill in an engraved design such as floral or scenic. The technique originated in the mid 1600s in Italy and France as decorative objects like boxes it spread to jewellery in the 19th century and reaching its peak in popularity during the Victorian period. This form of jewellery making is now a lost art and cannot be reproduced today and is so unique and spectacular