VICTORIAN bog oak and gold brooch with carved shamrocks, a very early and unusual piece, early 1800s, 1-1/2".   View   #V29953

 VICTORIAN painted gypsy boy brooch set in black pressed horn brooch, 1-1/2".   View   #V31811

VICTORIAN bog oak carved round brooch with the rose for England, shamrock for Ireland and thistle for Scotland, 1-1/2".   View   View   #V29890

  VICTORIAN pressed horn bracelet, floral motif on front and side links, elastic 3/4" wide 1-5/8" front oval, 6-1/4" to 8" wrist. View #V26089

VICTORIAN pressed horn bracelet with round floral center and 9 square floral side pieces, 6-1/2" by 1".   View   View  View  #V25883

   VICTORIAN pressed horn bracelet each piece patterned in diamond shapes, exp by 1" & 1-5/8".   View   View  #V25877

  HORN is the natural horn of an animal, pressed into a mold to form jewelry.

BOG OAK is fossilized wood or peat found in Ireland. It is a very dark brownish-black, and has a woody texture.

 

VICTORIAN horn wreath brooch, 2-1/3" by 1-3/4".   View   #V29883

VICTORIAN lady wearing a pair of jet earrings and a fern brooch. R. Riter & Co. Photographers, Bombay & Poona, India.  View   View   View

VICTORIAN bog oak large fern brooch with gold accents, 2", as is cracked but stable.   View   View   #V29956

VICTORIAN large bog oak brooch, castle, 1-3/4".   View   #V28875

 VICTORIAN bog oak carved abbey brooch signed "Ross" on the back, 1-3/4", see Muller Jet, page 122.   View   View   #V29205

  VICTORIAN bog oak brooch, carved Gothic castle scene, 2". For a similar brooch see page 29 in Helen Muller's "Jet Jewellery and Ornaments" and on page 139 of Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry".  .   View   #V25881

VICTORIAN bog oak brooch, carved abbey, 1-5/8".   View   #V29954

VICTORIAN vulcanite harp brooch with shamrocks, a very unusual copy of a bog oak piece, 1-7/8" by 1-1/2".   View   #V29963

VICTORIAN bog oak brooch, shamrock center, 1-1/2".   View   View   #V29955

   VICTORIAN pressed horn bracelet with floral and geo motif, 1-1-1/4" wide and 6-1/2" strung on elastic.   View   #V27902

      VICTORIAN very unusual set of pressed horn matching bracelets of embossed plaques strung on elastic, 6-1/2" by 7/8".   View   View   #V27794

     VICTORIAN pressed horn bracelet, geometric motif, 7/8" by 6-1/2" strung on elastic.   #V27903

VICTORIAN bog oak carved shamrocks bracelet, 7" by 1" to 2-1/4" wide.   View   #V31328

VICTORIAN bog oak carved shamrocks bracelet, 7" by 1" to 2-1/4" wide. A similar piece can be seen on page 130 of Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry".    View   #V31329

VICTORIAN bog oak bracelets, unusual matched set.   #V31328 and #V31329

VICTORIAN bog oak shamrock shaped hand carved perpetual calendar with all it's celluloid leaves, circa 1880,  measures 3-1/2" by 3-1/4". The design is scrolls and shamrocks, typical pf the era. BOG OAK is fossilized wood or peat found in Ireland.  View   #V35666

 VICTORIAN bog oak truncheon with carved Irish harp and shamrocks design, 13-1/4" length.    View   View   #V31586

VICTORIAN bog oak hand carved whist trump marker stand with harp and shamrocks designs, circa 1880,  measures 2-1/4" by 2-5/8". It has all it's 5 celluloid leaves. BOG OAK is fossilized wood or peat found in Ireland.  #V35665 

VICTORIAN bog oak hand carved abbey motif earrings, 1".   View   #V29207

VICTORIAN pressed horn "tire tread" segments strung on elastic bracelet, relaxed size 6-1/4" by 1".    #V31805

VICTORIAN horn bracelet, as is with small flaw on one link, elastic is adjustable, best on a wrist of 5-1/2" to 6", links are 3/4" wide.    View   View   #V31771

VICTORIAN bog oak segments strung on elastic bracelet, relaxed size 6" by 5/8" wide.   #V31802

  VICTORIAN pressed horn with criss-cross designed links strung on elastic bracelet, fits a smaller 6-6-1/2" wrist, 1" wide.   View   #V29228

 VICTORIAN black pressed horn bracelet on elastic, 6" relaxed by 1-3/4".   View   #V29952 

VICTORIAN pressed horn matching flower bracelets, set of two, 7" by 5/8".   #V28058

   VICTORIAN double strand of jet beads and an ivory cherub brooch worn by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (Louise Caroline Alberta, b. 3-18-1848, d. 12-3-1939). She was the 4th of Queen Victoria's daughters.

   VICTORIAN bog oak rare and very old carved bead necklace, probably early 1800s, 36" long, See page 122 of Helen Muller's book "Jet" and Dawes & Collings "Georgian Jewellery, 1714-1830" page 167.  View   #V29209

VICTORIAN lady wearing large hoop skirt and jet bead long chain.

  VICTORIAN pressed horn large rectangular brooch, 2-1/2" by 1-3/4".   View   View   #V29469

VICTORIAN pressed and pierced oval horn brooch, 1-3/4".  View   #V28204 

  VICTORIAN large pressed horn leaves and scrolls brooch, 2".  View   #V29139

      VICTORIAN pressed horn flower brooch, 2".   View   #V27210

    VICTORIAN pressed horn leaves and berries brooch, 1-1/2".   View   #V27795

   VICTORIAN bog oak domed brooch with paste shamrocks, 1-3/4".   View  #V27660     

   VICTORIAN pressed horn pin with bird and leaves design, 1-5/8".   View   #V27242

  VICTORIAN pressed horn lily-of-the-valley brooch, 1-3/4".   View   #V27377   

 VICTORIAN pressed horn double horseshoe and blacksmiths nail pin, 1-3/4".   View   #V28060  

"Jet" by Helen Muller

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Helen Muller