Art Deco Egyptian Revival Damascene Panel Necklace peridot but deadly

but deadly

and set with vibrant green and white paste gemstones

So at some stage in the 19th century someone got their hands on this amorphous baroque pearl and thought: "that looks like a pig's body and legs"

turning the gold orb beneath it

Chester 1826

Art Deco Egyptian Revival Damascene Panel Necklace peridot but deadlyDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 A striking Egyptian revival necklace comprising nine damascene panels in varying shapes, depicting various scenes. They're incredibly intricately worked, each panel depicting a different scene, with 24k gold inlays. Created in Japan in the 1930s, riding the wave of Egyptomania inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, it's unmarked other than K24 on two of the panels. Damascene is a technique of creating black