Victorian 15ct Gold Oval Tie Pin Set With Onyx & Rose Diamonds

A smart 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold tie pin that was made circa 1880. It has been set with an oval banded sardonyx with small rose diamonds around it. It may have been a memorialTypically featuring skulls, urns and other symbols of death, these 16th-18th century jewels were inscribed with the names and dates of the deceased.  tie pin as onyxOnyx is an opaque black variety of polycrystalline chalcedony quartz.  was often used to remember a loved one. All our tie pins come with a stopper at the end of the pin.