Quantity: 1 pc They are from the 1920s about 14x10- 15x11 mm

** The video shows the light wtith copper edge- they still vary in color. **

***These are hands down the most RARE stones I have ever had- I don't have many left. ****

These are lovely Rare Vintage Glass stones in a scarab shape- the back is scarab too. The color is a crackly olive green with a little copper edge. They have very three dimentional top. Some are darker green, and others lighter; some have more copper edge than others. The photo doesn't do these justice.

unfoiled back with detailing of the bottom of the insect- very detailed! domed top

I know they are from the 1920s- I have seen some set into jewelry from that era. There was a huge design movement after King Tut was dicovered in 1922. Jewelry, clothing, interior design became facinated with everything ancient Egyptian. Google it for more info.

There was a whole fashion of using the real beetles in jewelry. they would chill them into hibernation i believe. These are glass- some were chipped so I've seen the black glass inside.

I'm guessing they were made in france, germany or czechoslovakia . I bought them without any orginal or labeled packaging. The coating on the outside is done by hand and does not come off with normal wear. I imagine the colors were a multiple part process.

That's about all I know. I have been using vintage glass stones for 30 years, and I have never seen anything like them. And I've seen thousands of styles from a 100 years of glass and nothing like these.

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