Military Badge Torque Necklace Antique These beautiful works of art

These beautiful works of art became known as miser’s purses because their diminutive openings made it difficult to retrieve coins

paper and clay beads

I could not bear to drill this lovely thing

Here is our grape cross necklace which is part of a collection of grape jewellery fashioned from a bunch of grapes found in a charity shop

It hangs from a lovely necklace of more faceted vintage crystal beads and catches the light beautifully

Military Badge Torque Necklace Antique These beautiful works of artThere is something about badges that really appeals to me. I've tidied and updated this one which pre dates the 1955 period with a backing and edged with small beads. It's now a pendant to this round torque style necklace. The badge is a British Tanker Company officer's cap badge and it features the house flag of the oil company (a St George's cross with a bluey green diamond). It is surmounted by a passant guardan lion. It is constructed using gold