Victorian Siberian Amethyst Pansy Pendant demantoid garnet A magnificent Fabergé scent bottle

A magnificent Fabergé scent bottle dating from Imperial Russia

English and French gold marks

Notable for the applied ropework detailing

Very typical of the Edwardian period in which it was made

Victorian Siberian Amethyst Pansy Pendant demantoid garnet A magnificent Fabergé scent bottleDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 The name "pansy" derives from the French pense (meaning thought), and was incorporated into Late Middle English as a name for violas (the flower) in the mid 1400s. These flowers were thus regarded as a symbol of remembrance, representing "love in idleness" to evoke the image of a lover who can focus on nothing but the thought of her his beloved. Pansy is used more or less interchangeably with viola and violet when describing