Vintage Aztec Calendar Pendant diamond Charming Georgian seal fob dating

Charming Georgian seal fob dating from the Regency period

during the latter half of the 19th century

With crisp Chester hallmarks from the year 1907

Dating from the late Victorian period

Vintage Aztec Calendar Pendant diamond Charming Georgian seal fob datingThe Aztec calendar, like the Mayan calendar on which it was based, was organised around two cyclical patterns: a 365 day 'civil' cycle and a 260 day 'ritual' cycle. From the Encyclopedia Britannica: "The ritual cycle, or tonalpohualli, contained two smaller cycles, an ordered sequence of 20 named days and a sequence of days numbered from 1 to 13. The 13 day cycle was particularly important for religious observance, and each of the 20 numbered cycles