Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé The spider is set with

The spider is set with two faceted peridots set in millegrain bezel mounts

some enamel has been worn away from the dominoes

with a laurel wreath

the image wasn't actually adopted by Russia itself

and rests in a minimalist platinum four claw mount

Victorian Four Amethyst Necklace fabergé The spider is set withDATE: 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