VICTORIAN SCARAB BEETLE BRACELET

A stunning and rare Victorian scarab beetle bracelet.

The bracelet is made of twelve beetles that have fabulous natural bright green luminescent shells, which are all in amazing condition.

Every beetle is set in a closed back sterling silver setting. Which has been lightly washed with gold.

This is a totally original piece with the original invisible clasp.

Length approx: 19.5cm / 7.7”

Weight approx: 14.7g

The bracelet is in fabulous condition

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!

This is a little piece of history!