Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant signet ring and the little button on

and the little button on the lid is set with another turquoise

The stone is foil-backed

and has developed a gorgeous antique patina over the years

tests as pinchbeck (base metal)

and also two bands of elephant hair

Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant signet ring and the little button onDATE: Victorian, 1899 This attractive late Victorian pendant was made as a good luck charm, most likely to be given to a member of the Royal Irish Regiments fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The Regiments played an important role in the Battle of Slabbert's Nek (July 1900), and, after fighting in some particularly bloody battles in March 1900, Queen Victorian wrote to General Sir Redvers Buller: "'I have heard with the deepest concern