VICTORIAN Whitby jet snake necklace with heart dangle, graduated sized beads, 18" with beads ranging from 1/3" to 2". See a similar version of a snake necklace on page 122 of  Davidov & Dawes "Victorian Jewelry".   View   #V31294 

CHATELAINE sterling chatelaine. Suspended from a snake in the symbol of infinite love 2-1/2" brooch are: a 2" notepad and pencil; 2" pocket knife; 3-7/8" perfume with tiny glass stopper; 1-1/8" powder and puff; 2" mirror and photo oval, all with matching motif.  View   View   View   View   View   View   View   View   View   View   View  #a26465 

  VICTORIAN jet Roman style snake necklace with segmented body, 17" long and from 1/2" down to 1/3" wide bead body. The head is 1" by 5/8" and the heart is 5/8".    View   View  #V31839

 VICTORIAN Whitby jet snake bracelets, matched set, 14" by approximately 1/3" each. Although the Victorians often wore bracelets in matched sets, it is VERY rare to find one in jet snakes like this.   View  View   #V32619 

VICTORIAN chalcedony brooch encircled by a snake holding a pear, red and aqua rhinestones, 2". The setting is textured rolled yellow gold, as though the snake wraps twice around the center. While the snake was a popular Victorian jewelry motif, a snake holding a pear is an unusual design. According to the Wheaton College article HERE, "the pear was sometimes seen as the alternate fruit of the fall", but then it is also seen as a symbol of the Virgin and Christ Child because of it's sweetness.    View   View   #V33505

  VICTORIAN French jet (black glass) snake coil bracelet with wire-strung faceted segments, 18" long and about 1/3" wide.    #V32600 

VICTORIAN karat yellow gold snake necklace with garnet cabochons and faceted garnet eyes, interesting snake-scale chain and etched design on snake's head, 17" with snake's head and leaf 2".   View   View   View   View   View   #V32446

VICTORIAN 15ct yellow gold and garnet cabochons snake pierced earrings, total length 1-7/8".    #V32446 and V32563

VICTORIAN 15ct yellow gold and garnet cabochons snake pierced earrings, total length 1-7/8".  View  View   View   Both   #V32563

VICTORIAN karat yellow gold snake bracelet with garnet cabochons and faceted garnet eyes, etched design on snake's head, double hinged, 8-1/2" total length with 5/8" wide snake head, can be worn on wrist size 5-1/2" to 7".   View   View   View   #V32799

VICTORIAN 18 karat yellow gold snake necklace with garnet cabochons and faceted garnet eyes, heart shaped dangle from snake's mouth has hair compartment on the reverse, interesting snake-scale chain and intricate design on snake's head, circa 1850, 19-3/4" with snake's head and heart 2-1/2".    View   View   View      #V32798 

VICTORIAN snake jewelry with garnets set in yellow gold. All

VICTORIAN carnelian, gold, turquoise snake earrings, total length 2". These came to me in an earring box marked "Herbert Dinsdale, 98 Stricklandgate, Kendal", but I do not know if this was the original box.   View    View   View   View   #V32109

VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold snake bracelet with Persian turquoise head and garnet eyes, snake 1-1/2" by 3/4", total 7". A study of the snake bracelet worn by Queen Victoria for her Accession Council in 1837 can be seen in the book "Queen Victoria: a Life in Jewellery" by Gere and Rudoe on page 22.  View   View   View   #V32252

SIGNET 14k yellow gold ring with medical "Caducaus" entwined snake, size 5-3/4.   View   #K23878

VICTORIAN gold filled snake brooch with green and red rhinestones and etched design on head, 1-3/4".   View   #V29250    

   "Fine rolled gold plate brooches."
Including a snake brooch.
RCF Catalogue 1892

SMITH & PEPPER 9 carat yellow gold coil snake bracelet with tiny ruby eyes, hallmarked "S&P, crown-375-anchor-c" and "steel spring" on the back of the snake head, about 12-1/2" long and 1/4" wide.   View   View   View   #G33018

VICTORIAN hair brooch, tiny two-sided glass covered compartments, snake frame, 1". In Victorian times, the snake was the symbol of eternal love.   View   #V27356  

VICTORIAN snake of lava segments strung on a wire coil bracelet circa 1880, 10-3/4" by about 1/4" to 1/2" wide.   View   #V32364

SNAKE silver tone and clear rhinestones snake wrap bracelet, marked "Patented" and approx 7-1/2" but is adjustable, circa 1930.  #Y24892    

SASH pin with a serpent curling around an amethyst-colored rhinestone. It is 3" wide and has the older style c-clasp, circa 1900.   View    #i16557

SNAKE paste snake bracelet with purple and clear pastes set in silver tone, blue cabochon head and faux cut steel accents, 7" long.   View   #Q35001

STERLING snake coil bracelet, marked "925" and "R", 25-1/2" by 3/16". This is dramatic, like Cleopatra's asp, and great fun to wear.  View   #N36027

     MAZER Joseph Mazer textured gold tone hinged snake bracelet with rhinestone eyes and tail tip, 7" by 1".  View   #M25950  

MADE IN FRANCE three swords fur clip, a HUGE 5-3/4" long and 4" wide. Red, white and black enamel on gold tone metal. The sword hilts are formed of curled snakes with clown faces at the base of each one.  Marked "Made in France"  View   View   View   View  #Y27840  

ART gold tone and white enamel snake brooch with green and orange rhinestones, 2-1/3". #X26415

REFERENCES:

Georgian Jewellery, 1714-1830 by Dawes & Collings
Victorian Jewelry by Davidov & Dawes
Understanding Jewellery, David Bennett