Victorian Ruby and Diamond Butterfly Brooch
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- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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brooches, depicting
- bugs and insects 76
- butterfly 231
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brooches, diamond
- diamond and pearl 392
- diamond and ruby 419
- diamond and sapphire 404
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brooches, gold
- gold with pearls 921
- gold with rubies 650
- gold with sapphires 597
- brooches, silver - silver items 2,539
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