Superb Quality Antique Solid 14K Gold Cast Pendant of Big Ben Tower Clock UK

Description

Superb cast quality in Solid 14K Gold.
This is an unusually high quality Solid 14K Gold pendant of Big Ben to be worn on a necklace.  Many reproductions in more recent decades are available, and we have not seen another one of this similar stunning casting quality made of Solid 14K Gold.  This mini "Big Ben" came from the personal collection of a notable long-term collector of high-end antique clocks, pocket watches and jewelry.  We are fairly certain it was made before 1950; perhaps long before.
Rare and superb quality.  There are many inferior quality replicas.
Below is some information on Big Ben, and accompanying pictures from our website, because we are so fond of and intrigued by Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.  Many people don't know that Big Ben is actually the name of the Bell in the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament.
The pendant is a full 1 inch across in diameter.  It would be a great addition to any fine jewelry collection, and would most likely be worn on a 14K Gold necklace.
The pendant is 1 inch in height/length, as can be seen from the photo of the pendant next to a ruler.
Beyond that, we will let the pictures do most of the talking.
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Tour Big Ben Clock Tower - from our website - goes with last pictures
The Big Ben Clock Tower
in the Houses of Parliament in London England is no doubt the most famous of clocks in the world. Its classic Westminster Chimes have become the choice favored by millions in the clock collectors world, especially for grandfather clocks. Below is a picture postcard of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
circa 1910
. Also below, and even more fascinating, are pictures and facts regarding "Big Ben", including the works and Dial and movement ALL ON THE INSIDE!
The book that these photos and description came from was also published circa 1910. So look below at the Big Ben Tower Clock and step back into TIME almost 100 YEARS AGO.
It has not changed!
At the top of 360 steps in the Clock Tower at Westminster, Big Ben has marked time for London for over hundred and fifty years. It is not possible to realize the size of the clock as we stand on the ground. It has four faces, each 23 feet across -- nine or ten times as wide as a door. The minute hands are 14 feet long, and are higher than an ordinary room. The pendulum weighs nearly 450 lb. The figures on the face are each two feet long, and the minute spaces are a foot square. If you look at your watch, you will see the minute hand move in little jumps; the minute hand of Big Ben jumps half a foot every time it moves. It is not easy to believe these figures, but that is because our eyes deceive us when we look up to a great height, and Big Ben stands so high that if thirty tall men stood on one another's shoulders the top man would only touch the middle of its face.
Big Ben is the great bell which strikes the hours at the Houses of Parliament. It is made of copper and tin, and is nearly 8 feet high and 9 1/2 feet wide at the bottom. But Big Ben is not the largest bell in London. The largest is Great Paul, at St. Paul's Cathedral. Great Paul weighs 17 1/2 tons, and its hammer weighs 180 lb.
Please see the pictures, of course, as an integral part of the description.
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