1920's Paste Stone "Ouroboros" Snake Brooch

$1,300.00

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1920's Paste Stone "Ouroboros" Snake Brooch

$1,300.00

Description

DATE: Art Deco, c.1920

This charming 1920's brooch is modelled as the ouroboros/eternal loop snake. Its body is set with a single row of chunky white paste stones, with two striking green eyes! Its modelled in silver throughout and comes complete with a fitted velvet blue box. Ouroboros is an emblematic serpent of Ancient Egypt and Greece, represented with it's tail in it's mouth, continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself... Its a symbol that represents the concepts of eternity, infinite love and the natural cycle of life.

STONES

Paste Stones- White and green

MEASUREMENTS

3.5 x 6.2cm

WEIGHT

24.8g

MARKS

No marks present, tests as silver

CONDITION

Very good, with gorgeous antique patina