Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé and Beethoven's 9th Symphony

and Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Laurel is Birmingham 1871

From its pear cabochon turquoise "brain" and double looped tail

"L'ARGENT FAIT TOUT" - or "money does everything"

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé and Beethoven's 9th SymphonyDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 In ancient Greek society, amethysts were considered an antidote against drunkenness the name "amethystos" literally translates as "not intoxicated", or not drunken. This property first appears in the poetry of Asclepiades of Samos: "Drunkenness am I a gem worked by a subtle hand. I am graven in amethyst, and the subject and the stone are ill assorted. But I am the precious property of Kleopatra, and on the finger of a Queen