Posted by Boris on October 25, 2012, 5:33 am, in reply to "Re: another closeup"
Also possible. But I think it's more likely that there are two loops at different lengths and that the longer one can be attached to the top left and right of the heart in the place of the shorter one to form a long sautoir necklace.
--Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : Why so complicated? I'm sure it was designed : to be worn alternatively as a sautoir by : very simply detaching the shorter inner : loop. : : Which would mean the heart shaped jewel must : be detached, turned around and attached : again, otherwise it would have appeared : upside down. : : Still a possibility, but I think on the : photo Torkel posted the angle of the : pearl-chain suggests that the chain comes : from above the heart shaped amethyst, : continues behind the jewel and reappears at : the bottom. The angles are too acute for two : separate loops* horizontally attached to the : heart... oh dear, with descriptions like : that I'm hopelessly lost in my limited : command of a foreign language : : * two separate closed loops, that is. It's : possible of course that the two loose ends : of each loop were properly attached to the : sides of the heart shaped jewel, but the way : the DoC wore it suggests otherwise, IMO. : : : :