From birds to bunnies to butterflies, jewelry columnist Lynn Yaeger celebrates the arrival of spring with her favorite animal-inspired pieces.
We didn’t celebrate Easter in our house when I was growing up. This didn’t sting nearly as badly as the absence of Christmas, namely because the ephemera surrounding Easter—bunnies, tulips, etc.—was far more secular than the things associated with December 25, though I did whine and beg until was allowed to wear a Santa brooch whose nose lit up when you pulled on a little bell.
The Victorians loved to adorn themselves with these slitherers: Queen Victoria sported a bracelet featuring three intertwined serpents to her first royal council in 1837, and two years later, Prince Albert gave her perhaps her most prized possession—a coiled snake engagement ring set with her emerald birthstone.
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