Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone a couple of minor dings/scratches

a couple of minor dings/scratches to the back

It seems to have inspired some sort of bizarre competition among English jewellers to see who could produce the weirdest/silliest snakey face

It's modelled in 14 karat gold throughout - a good size and very nice quality

and finally a beautiful butterfly mirrors the journey of growth and transformation

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone a couple of minor dings/scratchesDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A 19th century curiosity the "Damp Detector". At first I thought this was some sort of stripped back barometer, but apparently they were marketed to help travellers check that their hotel beds weren't well, damp. An issue I can quite imagine to be common in Victorian Britain, tbh. It remains paired with the original fitted leather case, and works perfectly. I'm unsure quite how scientific the 0 100 scale is, but the