Vintage Rainbow Winged Scarab Pendant

in 14k Gold

$ 1,400.00 

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Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!

A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful! This winged scarab hangs from a weighty tear-shaped bail. It would make a great talisman, as scarabs are traditionally symbols of transformation and rebirth.

Materials

14k gold
Faience

Age

c. 1960

Dimensions

Total drop measures approx 38.1 mm (about 1.5"); width measures approx 29.8 mm (about 1.2"); scarab bead measures approx 16.2 x 11.5 mm.

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, unusual pendant, modeled in rosy 14k yellow gold, featuring a carved faience scarab, decorated with a blue-green glaze. This scarab beetle is set in a low profile bezel; series of heavy arched wires lay astride it, like wings. We love the upward movement implied by the wings here— we see them as swift, rainbow-like (even celestial, intergalactic), and truly cheerful!