Antique Georgian Paste Butterfly Brooch Silver Pearl twisted design

twisted design

ITEM NUMBER: 19-865

STONES: Pearls

or monogram that was significant to the owner and could be stamped into sealing wax on important documents or even love letters to distant sweethearts

MARKS: 9ct stamp

Antique Georgian Paste Butterfly Brooch Silver Pearl twisted designA dazzling antique Georgian butterfly brooch from the early 19th Century decorated with an abundance of glistening white paste stones across the body and wings with two pink paste eyes at the head. Its fashioned in solid silver with an open work design and fabulous foliate motifs spread out across the wings. Paste is a heavy, transparent flint glass used since ancient times to simulate the beauty of gemstones. The art of cutting paste takes expert