VICTORIAN SCARAB BEETLE & 15CT GOLD PENDANT

An exceptional Victorian scarab beetle pendant.

The perfectly preserved scarab beetles are set in 15 carat gold mounts, with a floral motif centre.

The beetles have fabulous natural bright green luminescent shells, which are in great condition.

The gold work is superb quality, and the bright yellow colour so typical of jewellery of this period. The combination of this, with the natural bright green beetle shells is fantastic.

The trend of wearing real bug jewellery became popular in the Victorian period.

People were fascinated with the new discoveries of foreign lands, exotic animals and bugs during this time.

As urbanisation grew, the Victorians become more detached from nature, so using bugs and animals as adornment was a way to bring them a little closer to nature again!

MEASUREMENTS

Diameter approx: 4.2cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 8.1g

MATERIALS

15ct gold & Scarab beetles

CONDITION

Excellent

Some colour variation in the gold back where the pin fitting has been removed - see pictures

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