1920s Bakelite Butterfly Earrings engagement rings The dark stone contrasts wonderfully

The dark stone contrasts wonderfully with the bright gold of the band and displays incredibly sharp chatoyancy - the cat's eye effect whereby a line of light appears to glow just beneath the stone's surface

An exquisite Georgian era cluster ring built around a pale pink topaz set over foil

and the ornate head is navette (or boat) shaped

the original embossed detailing to the face having been replaced first by engraving

tested as 15ct gold (chain is 9ct gold)

1920s Bakelite Butterfly Earrings engagement rings The dark stone contrasts wonderfullyDelightful antique earrings modelled as bright orange butterflies with pique style precious metal and mother of pearl inlays. The material is bakelite which, at the time they were made in the 1920s, was a new and exciting material that jewellers quickly adopted to produce beads and the like. I've never seen bakelite butterflies, and rather suspect that whomever made these was used to working with naturally occurring thermoplastics like tortoiseshell