Victorian Secret Star Pendant
A rather inconspicuous looking (though very lovely) Victorian fob pendant that slides open to reveal a hidden Masonic pentagram etched into a metal disc inside. It's crafted in 9 carat gold with a scrolled frame at the top and two agate panels forming the front and back: one bloodstone, one carnelian.
The pentagram, a five-pointed star, has magical associations and was symbolically important in Ancient Greece and Babylonia. In Christianity it represents the five wounds of Christ, but when inverted becomes the Sigil of Baphomet representing carnality and earthly principles. Da Vinci's famous drawing of the Vitruvian Man, based on an idea by the Roman architect Vitruvius, is structured around a pentagram, and can be interprited as an analogy between the structure of the human body and the structure of the Universe. To alchemist and writer, Agrippa of Nettesheim, the body was the microcosm that contained the macrocosm - that is, the Universe. [Source: Signs & Symbols, DK 2019]
Era: Victorian, circa 1870
Size: 3.6cm (including bail) by 2.1cm
Stones: Carnelian & Bloodstone Agate
Hallmarks: English, 9ct Gold
Condition: Great antique condition, light wear consistent with age
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