Victorian Bull Intaglio Pendant arts & crafts 4cm in diameter

4cm in diameter

85ct calculated weight) & single cut diamonds

to sustain him in the afterlife and allow him to become King of the dead - mirroring his son's role in the realm of the living

Stone: Mother of pearl

Victorian Bull Intaglio Pendant arts & crafts 4cm in diameterA cool late Victorian zodiac pendant set with a black onyx cabochon, intaglio carved in the Roman style to depict a bull. The symbol for Taurus (slightly different to the conventional one) is carved above, and it's set in a simple 9ct gold mount. English, circa 1890. Taurus is the second sign of the modern zodiac, associated with several myths from ancient or pagan sources of bull worship. It featured in the Mesopotamian zodiac (first sign) as "The