Someone was very pleased with themselves when they invented this very realistic-looking mouse trapped under glass. They added their design registration number to the piece, which we traced back to 1886. The (probably steel) mouse is very hard to photograph, but he's calmly eating a piece of cheese, unbothered.
MATERIALS: 9k gold (marked), glass, mouse is probably steel, new 14k gold chain
AGE: c. 1890 (design registration number dates to 1886)
CONDITION: Very good - minor surface wear commensurate with age and use
SIZE: 1" length including the bale, 3/4" diameter, 18" chain