Description

half open mouth

Puzzle rings

and the shoulders taper out to meet it

some enamel has been worn away from the dominoes

and it bears Austro-Hungarian silver marks

Victorian "Wild Boar & Acorn" Charivari Pendant bombé rings half open mouthDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A late Victorian German hunting amulet or trophy crafted in silver and featuring a tuft of (real) wild boar hair. It dates from the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1880, with intricately engraved oak leaf and acorn motifs to the silver top. Charivari (pronounced "schariwari") comes from the Latin caribaria, which translates as "madness" or "pandemonium"; these talismans were worn by hunters to bring good fortune and

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