A Bug's Life

Fancy Lapel Pin in the Shape of an Insect With Large Baroque Pearl, 1980s


€ 980.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Fancy Lapel Pin in the Shape of an Insect With Large Baroque Pearl, 1980s
Fancy Lapel Pin in the Shape of an Insect With Large Baroque Pearl, 1980s
Description
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Jewellery in the form of insects first enjoyed great popularity in the last third of the 19th century. Butterflies, dragonflies, but also beetles, spiders and flies were allowed to settle on the shoulders, lapels and décolletés of ladies, where they caused a great stir and stimulated conversation as conversation pieces. First during the 1950s and then in the 1980s, the figural jewellery as conversation piece enjoyed further heyday. The jewellery was to be large and eye-catching, yellow gold and set with brightly coloured stones. This lapel pin fulfills these requirements perfectly and picks up the insect theme once again, which was last in fashion a century before it was created. A large baroque pearl with a shiny luster represents the insect's body. The freshwater cultured pearl has an unusual baroque shape, the fantastic form of which inspired the jewellery. The rest of the body of the crawling animal, its head and limbs, are made of gold. The center of the body is set with red rubies. Two blue sapphires last form its eyes. A pin on the back allows the jewellery to be worn on the lapel, but also on a tie. The unusual piece of jewellery from the years around 1980 is very beautifully preserved and found us in Berlin.
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Fancy Lapel Pin in the Shape of an Insect With Large Baroque Pearl, 1980s
A Bug's Life
€ 980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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