Antique Victorian Butterfly Wing Double Sided Sterling Silver Charm popular Pendant

Excellent condition. Fresh looking, soft wear is noticeable only on close inspection.

● Silver setting has a bright patina with minor surface wear, no dents to frame, just slightly misshapen in spots.
● Glass has fresh sheen with no chips and light surface wear.
● Designs on both sides are intact with some wear and fading but its a minimal amount.
● Bail is secure and original.

Era Late Victorian
Diameter 5/8" (excluding bale)
Mark Yes, see photo
Weight 1.7 grams
Material Sterling Silver, glass, butterfly wings and dried flowers

Key Quality
This petite pendant is unique for its double sided construction with delicately hand crafted butterfly and hummingbird designs. Made from tiny dried flowers and butterfly wings, they are made even more remarkable for their miniature form.

Collector Note

On Handmade or Hand-Carved Jewelry. Handmade or hand-carved jewelry is valued because it is, by default, one of a kind. Unlike machine-made pieces, a handmade piece can never be replicated in the exact same way, and so they will always reveal the at-the-moment intent of the individual maker. Often, the pieces have a distinctively visceral feel, as though you can sense the painstaking labor that went into every aspect.

On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria's taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. popular