{"product_id":"french-19th-century-garnet-diamond-spider-brooch","title":"French 19th Century Garnet \u0026 Diamond Spider Brooch","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA French spider brooch in 18K yellow gold and silver, the body set with rose-cut diamonds, a cabochon garnet abdomen, and ruby eyes, with finely engraved gold legs reaching across an openwork web. Carries the eagle's-head mark for 18K gold and the owl mark for imported pieces — the latter in use from 1893, placing the brooch in the late Victorian years before Art Nouveau took hold. Maker's mark \u003cem\u003eL D\u003c\/em\u003e in a lozenge cartouche. The pin element is not only removable, but it also allows the spider to tremble gently as if alive. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSpiders were a favorite of 19th-century jewelers, and rarely just decorative. To the Victorians they signaled good fortune and prosperity. The craze sat inside a broader fascination with the natural world: as naturalism and entomology gained ground, insects and arachnids crawled across brooches, hair ornaments, and bodice pieces in gold and gemstones. In France, the closing decades of the century moved through revival styles and naturalism toward the sinuous lines of Art Nouveau, and a creature like this — beautiful, faintly unsettling — fits squarely in that turn.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46081333625005,"sku":"10288","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/2524\/4333\/files\/french_victorian_spider_brooch-2_3637781.jpg?v=1780561905","url":"https:\/\/muretaandco.com\/products\/french-19th-century-garnet-diamond-spider-brooch","provider":"Mureta \u0026 Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}