This fabulous Victorian Whitby Jet cameo necklace is Circa 1860, it has been hand carved beautifully to show fabulous all round workmanship.

Three large hand carved floral droppers are cascading off the chunky Whitby Jet necklace.

Each carving is very well executed with a high relief workmanship, a smoothness has developed with age too.

Whitby Jet was brought to the attention of the world by Queen Victoria who used Whitby Jet as part of her mourning attire.

Jet is a type of brown coal a fossilised wood from an ancient tree similar to the monkey puzzle tree.

Today Whitby Jet is highly collectable and sought after world wide.

This fabulous Whitby Jet necklace is steeped in English history

Three fabulous hand carved cameo pendants droppers, each section is beautifully faceted and reaches a point, so beautifully carved and well executed.

There are no cracks or damage. This is genuine Whitby Jet not any other composition or plastic.

It weighs 93.7 grams

It measures 18 inches around the neck

Each pendant dropper measures over 2.5 inches down x over 1 1/4 inches across

With a height of over 1/2 an inch on each pendant dropper

The width of the necklace is 3/4 of an inch

Excellent condition all round

ITEM NUMBER 7237