Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant demantoid garnet spelling out the message

spelling out the message

and much more delicate than many of the later examples of the style

to commemorate the life of the deceased

the parts of the letters merge into one

it would have been used to store cosmetic patches worn on the skin to cover blemishes

Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant demantoid garnet spelling out the messageDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 An exceptional antique Masonic pendant dating from the late 19th Century. An assortment of stone mason tools are arranged within a gold chain border, with an enamelled Eye of Providence nestled at the bottom. It's beautifully made, with detailing to both the front and back, and modelled in 14 karat gold throughout. Many intellectuals, architects, and artists of the 18th and 19th Centuries were Freemasons, and believed that the