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Book Your AppointmentThis is a very striking piece of jewellery. It is a Maltese cross and was made circa 1840. It has been set with Vauxhall glassThrough the eighteenth century and on into the middle of the nineteenth, Vauxhall glass was a popular gem substitute. Intense hues of highly reflective purple, orange, red, green and blue were set into butterfly, snowflake and flower motifs on necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and hair combs. Made in the Vauxhall Glassworks in London, this jewellery w.... These lovely reflective glass jewels continued to be produced through the end of the GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). era (1830), the entire Regency period (1830-1837) and well into the late VictorianJewellery made in the the Victorian era (1839-1901). age. They were the perfect affordable alternative to expensive gems in precious metal settings. The reverse is brass that has been ‘japanned’ with a coating of black lacquer.
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