An Antique brooch set with Burmese rubies, natural pearl and old-cut diamonds depicting a butterfly.
Dimensions : 5,5 x 2,5cm.
Weight : 10 g.
Accompanied by a certificate stating : Burma, natural colour.
Partly inspired by the curiosity of the Ancien Egypt, the victorian's reverence of nature in light the rapid urbanisation in the Victorian era, natural motifs such as insects became fashionable in the 1860s.