Victorian Silver Snake Goddess Earrings tiara and the beetle has been

and the beetle has been given two antennae with diamond studs at the ends

though extremely plain and unpretending — like many of his friends' — was very richly embellished within

a Lucky Pig

French marks for 18k gold

on the front is a depiction of Hindu Goddess Durga riding a lion

Victorian Silver Snake Goddess Earrings tiara and the beetle has beenDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Charming antique silver earrings featuring a female deity wrapped in snakes, possibly (Hindu mythology sadly not being my strong point) "Manasa Devi" the snake goddess I did happen to read 'Gun Island', Amitav Ghosh's wonderful novel partly set in the Sunderbans of West Bengal. In Hindu mythology, whether this is indeed Manasa Devi or not, snakes represent a number or dualities: fearsome entities representing both death and