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Free Australia ShippingAn impressive example of a Suffragette pendant that was made circa 1910. It is a very pretty flower burst design composed of a large rectangular cut peridot in the centre with old mine cut diamonds around it. Then there are eight flower sprigs set with diamonds and amethysts and a bale set with further amethyst. It is 15ct gold. The meanings of the stones and pearls are, Peridot (Green colour meaning “give”), Diamonds ( White colour meaning “women”), and Amethysts (Violet colour meaning “votes”). This pendant would have been worn by sympathisers of the Suffrage movement as a sign to other women of their feelings.
Mrs Pethick-Lawrence, editor of the weekly newspaper Votes for Women, explained the symbolism of the colours in spring 1908: “Purple/red as everyone knows is the royal colour. It stands for the royal blood that flows in the veins of every suffragette, the instinct of freedom and dignity; white stands for purity in private and public life; green is the colour of hope and the emblem of spring.” In other words, she said, the colours stood for freedom and dignity, purity and hope.
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This pendant is an excellent example of Suffragette jewellery.
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