Vintage 18ct gold scarab beetle earrings, Egyptian Antique amethyst earrings Chester assay office

Chester assay office

very fine enamelling

the stones show wear with surface scratches and scuffs

The hearts are engraved with: The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent from one another

it has a cobalt blue enamel star to the centre with a small silver star set with a tiny seed pearl

Vintage 18ct gold scarab beetle earrings, Egyptian Antique amethyst earrings Chester assay officeAn exceptionally beautiful pair of vintage 18ct gold scarab earrings. They are dangly drop earrings, the bottom modelled as a scarab beetle, mounted to a gold tablet with the reverse featuring hieroglyphics in light relief. The scarab drops are suspended from a latch back ear wire fitting with a pelmet of lotus flower design. These are beautiful earrings, marked to the reverse with an Egyptian makers mark and on the posts, test as 18ct gold. Likely