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Antique Green Paste Silver Lizard Brooch | Victorian
Lancastrian Jewellers
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Antique Green Paste Silver Lizard Brooch | Victorian

19th century
Description

This wonderful Antique Victorian Lizard brooch has been modelled in Sterling Silver and decorated with an array of glistening white paste, a stripe of emerald green paste down the back, and small cabochon red eyes. The lizard is fitted with a sturdy silver pin. You can be sure to wear this piece with confidence.

Insect and animal jewellery is highly collectable and symbolises good luck to the wearer during the Victorian Era.

Paste is a special type of hand-cut glass used since the 18th century to replicate Gemstones.

This little lizard would make a great addition to any collection or an ideal gift.

STONES

Paste

METAL

Sterling Silver

MEASUREMENTS

Measures 7.1cm x 2.9cm

HALLMARKS

STERLING

WEIGHT

13.32 grams

CONDITION

This antique paste lizard brooch remains in very good condition. All the stones are present and remain secure, with a few darkened due to age. The pin is secure, allowing you to wear it with confidence. It is a great piece of jewellery, and it would make a perfect gift for any animal lover!

Item Number - SD1038

Declaration

Lancastrian Jewellers has dated this Victorian Silver Lizard Brooch to the Victorian era.

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SD1038
Description
This wonderful Antique Victorian Lizard brooch has been modelled in Sterling Silver and decorated with an array of glistening white paste, a stripe of emerald green paste down the back, and small cabochon red eyes. The lizard is fitted with a sturdy silver pin. You can be sure to wear this piece with confidence.
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Insect and animal jewellery is highly collectable and symbolises good luck to the wearer during the Victorian Era.
Lancastrian Jewellers
fig 1. An antique Victorian silver lizard brooch set with a row of green paste stones along the spine and clear paste stones along the outer body.
fig 1. Antique Green Paste Silver Lizard Brooch | Victorian

Paste is a special type of hand-cut glass used since the 18th century to replicate Gemstones.

This little lizard would make a great addition to any collection or an ideal gift.

STONES

Paste

METAL

Sterling Silver

fig 2. An antique Victorian silver lizard brooch set with a row of green paste stones along the spine and clear paste stones along the outer body.
fig 2. Antique Green Paste Silver Lizard Brooch | Victorian

MEASUREMENTS

Measures 7.1cm x 2.9cm

HALLMARKS

STERLING

WEIGHT

13.32 grams

CONDITION

This antique paste lizard brooch remains in very good condition. All the stones are present and remain secure, with a few darkened due to age. The pin is secure, allowing you to wear it with confidence. It is a great piece of jewellery, and it would make a perfect gift for any animal lover!

Item Number - SD1038

Date of Manufacture

Lancastrian Jewellers has dated this Victorian Silver Lizard Brooch to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1222397
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SD1038
Lancastrian Jewellers
Lancastrian Jewellers
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2022

We are a third generation jewellers in the north of england, UK. Specialising in quality antique, vintage and fine jewellery

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An antique Victorian silver lizard brooch set with a row of green paste stones along the spine and clear paste stones along the outer body.
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Popularised during the late nineteenth century, naturalistic motifs such as lizards, salamanders, and insects became highly fashionable design elements. Paste, a high-lead cut glass crafted to simulate precious gemstones, was frequently set in silver to create intricate animal-themed brooches.

Victorian paste brooches were crafted from silver or silver-topped metal settings housing hand-cut, leaded glass stones known as paste. Metallic foil backings were frequently placed beneath the stones within closed settings to enhance brilliance and colour saturation.

Authentic pieces typically feature closed-back or foil-backed settings, hand-cut facet irregularities, tiny black dots painted on the culets to simulate depth, and period-appropriate long pin stems with simple C-clasps.

While traditionally worn as personal attire, antique brooches can be styled decoratively within a home by mounting them inside velvet-lined shadow boxes, displaying them under glass cloches, or pinning them to decorative textile wall hangings.

Paste stones must never be submerged in water or cleaned with liquid solutions, as moisture damages the delicate underlying metal foil. Clean gently using a dry microfibre cloth and store in a low-humidity environment.
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