This is a scarab pendant. It is a contemporary faience piece, in my opinion, as it has a stylized bit of engraving on the bottom. There is a gold paint blush on the scarab and the wire is gold plate or low grade gold, it seems. The chain appears to be gold plate as there is some blue tarnish on a section of links. I found this pendant at a tag sale and it is a piece of handmade costume jewelry in my estimation. It is very pretty and stylish. The scarab is a bit more than 1 inch long.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Winged Scarab Pendant Egyptian Gold Silver
This is an elaborate scarab pendant. The silver work is sterling, stamped 925, and the sun is gold, stamped 14k gold. The scarab is faience. The small stone on the bottom is tiger-eye. This is a hand wrought piece of signed jewelry. On the back an electric hand engraver was used to sign the piece, S Can or S Cain. A small © mark is stamped into the silver. This is an exciting piece of jewelry. About 2.5 inches across.
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