Victorian Colonial Indian Koftgari Cross Antique Pendant fern or better yet

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The pendant is unmarked but we’ve acid tested it as 15 karat gold

that were made with emeralds

was lovingly and elaborately made

It’s not a brooch

Victorian Colonial Indian Koftgari Cross Antique Pendant fern or better yetCan you picture it? Some early Victorian on his travels goes to Colonial India and on his travels he finds this stunning cross, hes intrigued with it, finds out that the work is call koftgari, that its an art form where steel is intricately engraved and then gold wire hammered into the engraved grooves, the resultant decoration is akin to rambling ferns. Our traveler is intrigued and purchases this cross to take home as a gift or souvenir, it has no