Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch cuffs beginning in 1809

beginning in 1809

Set East/West on the band

above the Latin motto: "De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum" The full motto is actually De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum De Mortius Nil Nisi Bonum

with a silver mous sitting atop the band

Victorian Pique "Psyche" Brooch cuffs beginning in 1809DATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A superb mid Victorian pique brooch dating from the 1870s. It's a round, slightly domed shape, inlayed with gold and silver, and featuring a butterfly at the centre surrounded by an elaborately embellished border. The butterfly represented the soul or Psyche in Greek mythology, and as such it's likely that that this was a mourning piece to be worn in the memory of a dearly beloved. MEASUREMENTS 3. 8cm diameter WEIGHT 7. 2g