Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It seems to have inspired

It seems to have inspired some sort of bizarre competition among English jewellers to see who could produce the weirdest/silliest snakey face

and finally a beautiful butterfly mirrors the journey of growth and transformation

They dates from the late Victorian era

Crafted in 18 karat gold and dating from the 1960s

There is more to this antique fob than meets the eye

Late Victorian "Damp Detector" Pendant stone It seems to have inspiredDATE: 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