What is the most common type of antique pendant?

A gem-set gold drop, most often 9ct, hung on a chain. Gold is named in more titles than anything else, and 9ct in a good third of them. The pattern repeats across dozens of near-identical entries of the 9ct gold stone-and-diamond cluster type. Amethyst, pearl and diamond are the stones you'll meet most.

Do pendants usually come with a chain?

Often, yes. A quarter of titles include the word necklace and a smaller run says chain, so the pendant is frequently offered already hung. Chain length, weight and gauge aren't standard information in this category. Inches and grams appear in only a scattering of titles.

Which periods do these pendants come from?

The dated field runs 1800 to 1960 across nearly 1,400 listings with a clean year. There are two concentrations: Victorian and Edwardian work, and the mid-century decades. Victorian is the largest single label at 344 titles, but the 1960s, 1950s, 1930s, 1940s and 1920s together outnumber it. A handful of sampled pieces sit outside the span entirely, including two labelled Before 1700.

Are antique pendants usually signed by a maker?

Almost never. Only one name clears three dealers across the whole archive, and the great majority of titles name no maker at all. Where a name does appear it may be stamped on the mount or offered only as an attribution. The Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau silver is where attributions turn up most.

What is Scandinavian silver doing in this category?

It forms a distinct pocket of the archive. Around 103 titles say Danish silver, with Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish pieces alongside them, mostly dated between the 1930s and the 1960s. It's a small share of the category, and almost all of it sits in the archive rather than the current listings.

How many pendants pass through Sellingantiques?

About 333 listings a year, and 87 dealers have listed at least one. That's one of the broadest dealer bases in jewellery on the site. Breadth shows in the odd forms that appear once each: a dog whistle, a heart-shaped vesta case, a hexagonal powder compact with a mirror, a Turkmen cordiform asyk.

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A pendant is an ornament made to hang from a chain or cord, and on Sellingantiques that means gem-set gold drops, lockets, crosses, charms, fob seals and enamelled silver, made from the early 19th century onward.