Rare Victorian W.B Ford Fox Portrait Brooch/Pendant

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Available from Isadora's Antique Jewlery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Dated 1881. This is an extremely rare and exceptional Victorian reverse-painted crystal brooch/pendant, signed and dated by W.B. Ford (1881). Ford’s work sits among the most desirable names in sporting miniatures, and this fox portrait is a particularly striking example—alive with expression, depth, and painterly detail beneath a domed rock crystal lens. Set in a substantial 18KT gold horseshoe mount weighing 28.7 grams, the piece speaks directly to the equestrian and sporting culture of the lat