Military Badge Torque Necklace Antique Cute vintage squirrel with fur

Cute vintage squirrel with fur tail suspended from a shortish necklace of green and natural wood beads

These beautiful works of art became known as miser’s purses because their diminutive openings made it difficult to retrieve coins

It has been lovingly reworked to make this pair of subtle and stylish earrings

white glass vintage

paper and clay beads

Military Badge Torque Necklace Antique Cute vintage squirrel with furThere is something about badges that really appeals to me. I've tidied and updated this one which pre dates the 1955 period with a backing and edged with small beads. It's now a pendant to this round torque style necklace. The badge is a British Tanker Company officer's cap badge and it features the house flag of the oil company (a St George's cross with a bluey green diamond). It is surmounted by a passant guardan lion. It is constructed using gold