Antique Victorian Ivy Book Chain Necklace Gold Gilt Product Type_Bracelet topped with hook wires

topped with hook wires

MARKS: Birmingham hallmark

ITEM NUMBER: 19-526

ITEM NUMBER: 01CP43

ITEM NUMBER: 23-710

Antique Victorian Ivy Book Chain Necklace Gold Gilt Product Type_Bracelet topped with hook wiresA wonderful antique Victorian chain from the late 19th Century consisting of gold gilt book links which have developed a rosy bronze hue with age. Each is engraved with an ivy leaf which in Victorian times represented a loving, unbreakable bond, as in the Victorian rhyme Close clings the ivy to the tree, so in my heart I cling to thee. Its a wonderful, articulated chain, in excellent condition and fitted with a new ring clasp at the end. WEIGHT: 12