Victorian Dinosaurs Silver Cuff Bangle art nouveau Then voilà

Then voilà

Stamped 585 (14k gold)

distraught at the death of Alexander

A superb antique crescent moon necklace dating from the late Victorian era

Victorian Dinosaurs Silver Cuff Bangle art nouveau Then voilàDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs were commissioned in 1852 under the direction of celebrated palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen, and were the first dinosaur sculptures in the world. Obviously they caused something of a sensation in Victorian society (people had only seen drawings of these giant lizardoids) and inspired works by Charles Dickens, HG Wells, and George Baxter amongst others. By today's scientific reasoning they're quite