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They were often set in white gold pierced metal settings

Invented in 1839 by Louis Daguerre

Absolutely exquisite high relief plaster bust of the Virgin Mary by French artist E'tienne Germain Ragoneau

Victorian Mother of Pearl Horseshoe and Crop Inkwell French None of the hair isFor centuries, horseshoes have been considered a symbol of good luck and protection. No one is quite sure when the superstition began, but legend has it that during the Middle Ages Saint Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury and a skilled blacksmith, was asked by the Devil (disguised as a traveler) to re shoe his horse. Saint Dunstan, who saw through the traveler's disguise, instead grabbed the Devil and nailed the horseshoe to his cloven foot. The