Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch sardonyx Maker's mark

Maker's mark

It's very crisp and well detailed

the skeleton is depicted around the whole outer surface of the ring

Birmingham 1860

A pretty antique cluster ring set with a natural ruby surrounded by a halo of pearls

Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch sardonyx Maker's markDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A superb mid Victorian pique brooch dating from the 1870s. It's a round, slightly domed shape, inlayed with gold and silver, and featuring a butterfly at the centre surrounded by an elaborately embellished border. The butterfly represented the soul or Psyche in Greek mythology, and as such it's likely that that this was a mourning piece to be worn in the memory of a dearly beloved. MEASUREMENTS 3. 8cm diameter WEIGHT 7. 2g