Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant festoon necklaces some general wear commensurate with

some general wear commensurate with age and use

origin Sri Lanka

and feature various birds

set in cut down "pie crust" outer settings

This pendant is beautifully hand chased

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant festoon necklaces some general wear commensurate withDATE: 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