{"id":436275,"date":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=436275"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:22:45","slug":"victorian-snake-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/victorian-snake-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"This Victorian Snake Necklace Is More Romantic Than You Might Realize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace-950x633.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace-950x633.jpeg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace-525x350.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace-120x80.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/snake_necklace.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\">Victorian emerald and gold snake necklace, 1840<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Victorians had a thing for folklore, fairies and ghost stories. Greek mythology offered them another kind of escape \u2014 to a world where nature could be wild and wonderful, a world filled with stories of love, danger and transformation, not to mention extraordinary beasts. These myths provided a fantasy alternative to the sometimes harsh realities of the age&#8217;s industrialization and rigid social codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not surprising that snakes \u2014 enduringly mysterious, otherworldly and independent \u2014 became for the Victorians a totemic symbol of this fascinating alternative universe. For 7,000 years, they had wound their through the myths and rituals of the world\u2019s civilizations and served as talismanic presences in jewelry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-950x922.jpg\" alt=\"Victorian emerald and gold snake necklace, 1840\" class=\"wp-image-436304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-950x922.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-361x350.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-120x116.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1-961x933.jpg 961w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_30313882_1787745697863_bg_processed-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dangling from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\">gold snake<\/a>&#8216;s mouth is a emerald-studded locket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In ancient Egypt, the fearsome rearing cobra, or uraeus, adorned crowns and amulets as a emblem of power and sovereignty. The ancient Greeks were drawn to a very different kind of serpent: the gentle, nonvenomous Aesculapian snake, associated with Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing. Coiled around the deity&#8217;s staff, it remains one of the most recognizable symbols of the health-care profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\">gold snake necklace<\/a>, dating to around 1840, is a particularly sweet example of Victorian ophidian jewelry. Crafted with soft facial features and swirling, hand-carved foliage-patterned scales, the serpent comes bearing a gift: a heart-shaped locket. This adds a personal dimension, suggesting that the snake watches over both the necklace wearer and the precious memory held within the pendant dangling from its mouth. The necklace is set with five vivid emeralds \u2014 one in the locket, the others extending from the serpent&#8217;s crown along its coiled body, lending it a powerful intensity. Their graduated sizes, meanwhile, draw the eye along the sinuous form and highlight the beautiful goldsmithing of its anatomy, articulated in a way that almost resembles fused strings of golden beads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRoyal tastes have always steered fashion trends, so when Prince Albert proposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/victorian-jewelry\/\">Queen Victoria<\/a>, in 1839, with a snake ring with an emerald head, it caused a sensation, with snakes suddenly dominating the jewelry scene,&#8221; says Ilias Kapsalis, manager of the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/burlington-arcade-jewelers\/\">Piccadilly-based<\/a> London jeweler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/bentley-and-skinner\/\">Bentley &amp; Skinner<\/a>, a Royal Warrant holder since 1901, which is offering the jewel on 1stDibs. &#8220;The circular shape of this necklace, known as an ouroboros, is particularly significant because it signifies an unbreakable continuum representing strength and eternity.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jeweler purchased the necklace from an English family who had owned it for generations. It was passed down by a great aunt, who lovingly preserved its unusual, pear-shaped box. \u201cThe box is original, but when we acquired it, the outer silk was completely shredded, so I had it replaced. It now bears our current logo,\u201d says Kapsalis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-950x950.jpg\" alt=\"The snake's head and locket feature three types of gold.\" class=\"wp-image-436300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-950x950.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-933x933.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master-216x216.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/40909M2_master.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/chain-necklaces\/victorian-emerald-gold-snake-necklace\/id-j_30313882\/\">snake&#8217;s head and locket<\/a> are crafted from three types of gold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look closely at the head and locket area, you\u2019ll notice three types of gold \u2014 white, yellow and red \u2014 which showcase the skills of the goldsmith and his desire to enhance the scroll and foliate motifs, lending the snake more character,&#8221; says Kapsalis. &#8220;What\u2019s more, these motifs extend into very expressive, leaf-like eyebrows. What I love is this balance of naturalistic and imagined features, mixing observed realism with a sense of playfulness and inventiveness. 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