Description

width: 5cm

A beautiful vintage sterling silver bar brooch featuring a vibrant natural butterfly wing panel mounted within a diamond-shaped silver setting.

The brooch showcases the remarkable iridescent blue colouring associated with Morpho butterfly wings, whose microscopic wing structure creates their famous shimmering appearance.

Set beneath a protective clear panel, the wing displays vivid electric blue tones that shift and catch the light from different angles, creating an eye-catching and distinctive effect.

Mounted within a sterling silver frame with decorative rope-twist border detailing, the piece is presented in a classic bar brooch form that reflects popular jewellery fashions of the mid twentieth century.

Butterfly wing jewellery became highly fashionable during the Art Deco and post-war periods, particularly pieces produced in South America and the Caribbean for the tourist and export markets.