Edwardian Golden Pheasant Brooch georgian A serpent is coiled around

A serpent is coiled around an apple

'Strength and Faith'

Stunning antique earrings dating from the latter half of the 19th century

Renaissance

Edwardian Golden Pheasant Brooch georgian A serpent is coiled aroundA Golden Pheasant. Not Chrysolophus pictus, the brightly coloured bird native to the mountains of western China, but a three tone gold depiction of the common or ring necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. The one that's ubiquitous in rural Britain. "The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. Although Phasianus was previously thought to be closely