Egyptian Revival Scarab Earrings rings hanging from a wide woven

hanging from a wide woven

coiled around itself at the head

it connected North Finchley and Camberwell Green via East Finchley - Highgate - Archway - Holloway - Caledonian Road - King's Cross (Sat pm/Sun) - Gray's Inn Road - Holborn Circus - Farringdon Street - Blackfriars - Elephant & Castle

Arthur & Georgian Gaskin (G14 Necklace

Egyptian Revival Scarab Earrings rings hanging from a wide wovenVictorian Egyptian Revival scarab earrings set with bright green iridescent beetles (real beetles!) in glowing 18 carat gold. There have been many waves of Egyptomania since antiquity, and while these earrings date from the late 19th century the ornate, 3D cannetille goldwork references the previous wave sparked by Napoleon's 'visit' to Egypt in 1798 1801. To the ancient Egyptians, the scarab was: "The sun; the path of the sun; self creative power;