Somehow both pretty and “ewww”
Reposted from NicDaisy
London
Phillips Brothers.

Lady Granville's beetle parure, 1885-85.

Parure of tiara, necklace &earrings formed of South American weevils (lamprocyphus augustus)w/ iridescent green wing cases, mounted in gold in the Egyptian taste with lotus motifs.

Collection the V&A musuem
#Victorian #Jewellery

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