‘Essex Crystal’ reverse painted  intaglio pendant depicting a snarling wild boar in profile c.1880.
Delightfully animated expression.
18ct gold frame.
1/2 inch diameter.
'Essex crystals' as they are commonly known(a misnomer relating to William Essex,noted painted in enamels at the same time) in fact originated in Belgium in the 1860s attributed to an artist named Emile Marius Pradier.