VICTORIAN SCARAB BEETLE EARRINGS

A gorgeous pair of Victorian scarab beetle earrings!

The earrings are made of two perfectly preserved scarab beetles that have fabulous natural green luminescent shells.

The beetles are set in an elaborate 15ct gold wide Etruscan revival mount, which is chased with a chevron design.

The earrings have been fitted with 9ct gold shepherds hooks wires.

There is a natural variance in the colour of the beetle shells over the pair, however the earrings look excellent on, and are super light so they are very comfortable to wear.

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!

MEASUREMENTS

Size aporox: 1.9cm x 1.5cm

Total drop approx: 2.5cm

WEIGHT 

Total weight approx: 4g (approx 2g per earring)

MATERIALS

Scarab beetle, 15ct gold mounts & 9ct gold wires

CONDITION

Very good, there is a colour variation in the beetle shells over the pair - see pictures for condition detail.

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