Antique Victorian Gold Jewelry Linked Double Pin Features Tortoise And Hare, tested 15KT, yellow gold lady's combination cast and assembled vintage pin with a polished and engraved finish. The novelty jabot pin and chain features Aesop's fable of the tortoise and the hare. The pin includes a hare in a full running pose, legs out and ears laid back, on a safety style pin with coiled wires at each end, attached by a 2.5" long small round link chain with three evenly spaced 2.6 mm diameter bead stations. the chain attaches to a small 0.63" long x .25" wide three-dimensional tortoise pin. The tortoise pin has a short, pointed end pin stem that runs under the middle of the tortoise to the tip of its tail. The hare measures 0.75" long x 0.38" wide safety  pin. The pin is fitted inside a custom-made presentation box with a silk liner and velvet fitted leather case with gold accents. The case displays the name John Simmons Goldsmith 384 High ST. Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, UK. The pin shows a oxidized patina but all parts appears to be original. Trademark is John Simmons Goldsmith. Total weight 4.57 grams. Please view photos.

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