Antique Victorian 9ct Rose Gold Scarab Beetle Earrings Circa 1890 Measuring a petite 2

Measuring a petite 2

Very collectible piece of Australian jewellery

With an 9ct rose gold trace chain and original 9ct push-in barrel clasp which is in perfect working order

9/375/Anchor/‘f’ for 1905

MARKSNoneTests as 18ct - see valuation above

Antique Victorian 9ct Rose Gold Scarab Beetle Earrings Circa 1890 Measuring a petite 2Egyptian revival at its finest! These highly collectible Victorian earrings with genuine scarab beetles date to the late Victorian era to the turn of the last century. With the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, displays at the Worlds Fairs, and Cleopatra's Needle being erected in Central Park in 1881 the craze for all things Egyptian surged once again. The Victorians embroidered insect wings to their closing, while some even used live Beetles and