Egyptian Revival Vulture Necklace gents The V shape

The V shape

This "utility mark" was introduced by the English assay offices during the darkest days of WW2

Leaf-Green Vitreous Enamel

but she was also associated with snakes and olive trees

Egyptian Revival Vulture Necklace gents The V shapeThe vulture was sacred to the Ancient Egyptians long before the first Pharaohs reigned. They associated the birds with purity and motherhood, believing all vultures to be female with the ability to reproduce without the intervention of males (parthenogenesis), and also with the eternal cycle of death and rebirth on account of their ability to transform scavenged carrion ("death") into not just life. And not just any old life, the Egyptians were