Featured Claw or Tooth Shaped Pendant - Material?

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  1. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    Greetings,

    I acquired this necklace from an online auction and am curious what you make of the pendant. It doesn’t strike me as MOP despite having the reflective qualities we associate it with. No multi-hued rainbow effect. It simply casts a creamy white light and I wonder if it could be selenite? Can anyone else crack a guess to what it could be? Any details are appreciated. 8FD6B4EC-AB91-46C5-B874-43943534D775.jpeg ABEE7179-A7D1-43F6-B3B7-75ED1E1DA319.jpeg C90C0A6E-32CB-4FC6-9DE6-EB4CA90AED35.jpeg 91D9FAA8-E657-41DA-A1C7-C91001E0A6ED.jpeg 444873A7-36AF-4CB9-8D5B-33313001F864.jpeg
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It could be. Selenite is slightly colder than mop.
    It is gorgeous! The mount reminds me of my faux tiger tooth brooch, which is late 19th century.
     
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  3. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    I've seem similar pendants described as being watch fobs. This one is shaped, in my mind, like a powder horn rather than a tooth or claw. If you Google "MOP Powder Horn Watch Fob" you'll see similar ones.
     
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  4. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    The tooth and setting appear to be Victorian.
    The clasp has been added later. Victorians didn't do 1/20 12kgf, they did rolled gold.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Jun 21, 2020
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  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    And looking again, I think rolled gold is what you have.
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    True!
     
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  7. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Nice!
    I have no doubt this tooth is white mother of pearl :cyclops:
    You can do the same tooth test than for pearls, it will give the same gritty feeling:p
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  9. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    Maybe this did start as a watch fob and later was repurposed as a necklace. The bit of chain on the pendant does not match the chain on the necklace. 334F1361-B786-46DF-9169-E1355010F9C3.jpeg
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    more claw , than tooth to my mind...
     
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  11. Gus Tuason

    Gus Tuason Well-Known Member

    I go for selenite; rolled gold; Victorian with connector added much later.
     
    Gus Tuason, Jun 25, 2020
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