Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant animal jewellery antique silver bracelet dating from

antique silver bracelet dating from the 1870s

and still contains the original photographs

132cm length

and is most likely of French origin

however the "J'EN" has worn away

Victorian "Stanhope" Swanage Cat Pendant animal jewellery antique silver bracelet dating fromDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A weird antique "stanhope" pendant dating from the late 19th Century. It's carved from a piece of hardwood into the shape of a cat, and contains a clever, tiny viewing lens that displays a series of photographs depicting popular tourist spots in Swanage, on the south coast of England. Stanhopes (aka Stanho scopes) were invented by Ren Dagron in 1857 as a way of viewing microphotographs without the need of an expensive