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Bejeweled Insect Pendant
Bejeweled Insect Pendant
Bejeweled Insect Pendant
Bejeweled Insect Pendant
Bejeweled Insect Pendant

Bejeweled Insect Pendant

Sale price$925.00

This one-of-a-kind pendant is composed of:

  • Victorian hand-cut rock crystal pendant featuring a silver insect bejeweled with turquoise, garnet and pearl detail. This piece is from the late 1800s, and is encompassed in a sterling silver setting.

  • This pendant was originally made and sourced in England. It measures just under 2.25" from the top of the bail to the end of the drop crystal. The round centerpiece of the charm is just under 1" in diameter.

*This piece is depicted hanging from our signature serpent connector and large gold filled charm chain on the model. 

THE HISTORY:

Insects were an incredibly popular motif in Victorian jewelry. Butterflies and caterpillars were common, as were dragonflies and beetles. Insects like these reflected change and transformations in life - embracing it rather than fearing it.

Partly inspired by the Ancient Egyptians and in part by a renewed love of nature and the countryside in light of rapid urbanization, natural motifs such as insects were seen as genteel, nurturing and virtuous.

It was in the 1860s that Victorian women first began to wear beetles and other insect motifs on their clothes and accessories, with parasols, hats, and shawls often featuring bejeweled and gilded insects, as well as bracelets, earrings, and rings.