A nice piece of cut steel jewellery from around 1800. The cut steel was riveted bit by bit onto the frame, making it a very time consuming process. This piece has black 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... More to accentuate the design.}