Featured For Our Bug Ladies!

Boylerpf Antique Vintage Jewelry
Beetle tiara, necklace and earrings. Lady Granville's iridescent beetles parure, circa 1884 or 1885, was made from beetles from South America. Lord Granville had the parure made from the beetle's which were a gift from the Portugese Ambassador who was trying to secure a trade treaty concerning the Congo river basin. Lord Granville was foreign secretary at that time.

 

BUUUUUGS!!!!!
A slendid bunch of them!

 

Is Kyra drooling?

 

Haha, too much real beetles corpses for me, I’m phobic

 

Entomophobia?

 

Love it when you talk dirty.

Debora

 

Eek! Creepy crawly! But so cool!

 

Did someone say bugs...

 

« Morethan4legsanimal phobia »!

 

Nothing wrong with more than 4 legs!

 

This one isn't part of my phobia!

 

OMG, those have to be among the finest, most beautiful things, I've ever seen!

 

I find things with no shoulders deeply disturbing.

 

Me loves these little guys; great for the garden in real life.

Native American by Kathy Anderson posted Apr 26, 2020 at 11:46 AM

 

I have no problem with bugs per se as long as they don't invade my space uninvited. I don't intend to invade their space if they are fierce or poisonous so I'm quite happy in the UK. I have no fondness for fat spiders though.
This 'jewellery' may be stunning and amazing craftsmanship but I find it abhorrent. Those poor beetles.......and just the thought of wearing it with their scratchy,crunchy bits .
I do like bug jewellery as long as it's not corpses.

 

In college, I had a zoology professor that collected and wore brooches of all kinds of animals: beetles, chameleons, spiders, snakes, pigs, horses, frogs, dragon flies, dogs, cats, hampsters, mice, any animal you could name. It was an amazing collection. Many were quite expensive being made of gold and real jewels and stones. She is dead now and I just wonder what ever happened to all those brooches as she had no children to leave them to.

 

Here is a fascinating story about the restoration of actress Ellen Terry's jewel beetle dress/costume that she wore in 1888 when she played Lady MacBeth in London, if anyone is interested. Apparently, the beetles shed the shells so no harm was done to any beetles in the original making of it! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...-worn-Ellen-Terry-display-50k-repair-job.html

 

I love that the restoration expert's name is Zenzie Tinker.

There is still a ton of jewellery made with scarab beetles floating around. Amazing how durable those carapaces are.

 

Are they still making it now with real bugs?

 

Oh, darn!