Grand Tour Vesuvius Lava Skull Pendant Emerald Hard to imagine the things

Hard to imagine the things they must have seen

It's a very popular style

beside a vine-tree of the first"

the stone displays strong shimmering adularescence as it's moved in the light

and it dates from the early 20th Century

Grand Tour Vesuvius Lava Skull Pendant Emerald Hard to imagine the thingsDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 A cool Memento Mori skull amulet made in Italy during the mid 19th century. It's carved from a piece of Mt. Vesuvius lava, and will have been sold as a Grand Tour souvenir from Pompeii. The features, cheek bones especially, are somewhat angular and pronounced but anatomically more or less accurate. STONES Lava MEASUREMENTS 2. 1 x 1. 2 x 1. 3cm (height by width by depth) WEIGHT 2. 3g MARKS No marks present CONDITION Very good,