Antique Victorian Scottish Arrow Bloodstone Jasper Sterling Silver Brooch Pin

Sterling silver, natural jasper and bloodstone. Why You'll Love It. The darker, edgier side of romance is seen in this Scottish-made sterling silver antique Victorian brooch. Eye-catching details like natural inlaid jasper and red-speckled bloodstone stones ensure this piece stands out. It's full and dimensional silhouette and arrow motif tell a story of bold love and add to this symbol of a darker romance.

Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and a few tiny chips along the edges and corners of the stones that are noticeable on close inspection. Figural jewelry includes any piece that has been shaped into an animal, person, object, or detailed "day in the life" scene.

Antique and vintage figural jewelry is often quite charming and collectible for the realistic or cutesy details. Specific objects or animals became popular and prolific in jewelry during certain time periods, Scotty dogs during the 1940s for example, or swallow birds during the Victorian era. Figural jewelry is special for its detail and realism but also tells the story of the decade they were made in.

A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria. Taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era.

When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1608 GS 9.5 (1608).