Edwardian Golden Pheasant Brooch georgian The story of this brooch

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Stunning antique earrings dating from the latter half of the 19th century

It's crafted in 18 carat gold throughout with gorgeous engravings around the back of the band

and thought to hold magical properties of fertility

Edwardian Golden Pheasant Brooch georgian The story of this broochA Golden Pheasant. Not Chrysolophus pictus, the brightly coloured bird native to the mountains of western China, but a three tone gold depiction of the common or ring necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. The one that's ubiquitous in rural Britain. "The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. Although Phasianus was previously thought to be closely