VICTORIAN 1870'S ETRUSCAN 18 KT GOLD PENDANT BROOCH WITH AGATE & NATURAL PEARLS

ETRUSCAN 1870'S BULL'S EYE AGATE PENDANT-BROOCH.

A RARE VICTORIAN ERA (1840-1901) OVAL PIECE, MADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, CIRCA 1870. THE DESIGN HAVE ETRUSCAN REVIVALS MOTIFS AND IS EMBELLISHED WITH BLACK ENAMEL. THE REVERSE IS SUITED WITH A SMALL LOOP TO BE HANG INTO A CHAIN AND A HINGED PIN BAR TO EXHIBIT AS A BROOCH.

BEZEL SET IN THE CENTER WITH A LARGE OVAL CABOCHON CUT (44 x 35 x 10 mm) OF A NATURAL THREE-LAYERS (BLACK, BROWN AND WHITE) BANDED AGATE OF 110.17 CARATS.

ACCENTED WITH 13 NATURAL HALF WHITE PEARLS OF 3 to 4 mm,

THIS PIECE HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 46.2 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 55 mm (2.15 Inches) BY 47 mm (1.85 Inches).

THE REVIVAL OF JEWELRY STYLES FROM THE RENAISSANCE AND MIDDLE AGES, BEGUN IN THE 1850’S, THE RENAISSANCE AND EGYPTIAN REVIVALS WERE JOINED BY A CLASSICAL REVIVAL OF GREEK AND ETRUSCAN STYLES TO CONFORM A NEW ESTHETIC. AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE SUEZ CANAL IN THE MID-1860’S AND THE EGYPTIAN EXCAVATIONS OF AUGUSTE MARIETTE AND THE RESULTANT EXHIBIT OF EGYPTIAN TREASURES AT THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE IN 1867, A FASCINATION FOR ALL THINGS EGYPTIAN AND ANCIENT CULTURES DEVELOPED.

IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION.

INVENTORY REF: P0000XECR/1.110