Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch boucheron representing love and constancy) flying

representing love and constancy) flying amongst bamboo leaves and branches

3rd Century BC

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Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch boucheron representing love and constancy) flyingDATE: Vintage, c. 1960 A fantastic terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc (aka snail) brooch by Boucheron Paris. It dates from the 1960s, part of their popular animal range, with stunning guilloch enamelled shell and diamond set body. The cultural significance of snails tends to focus on their slowness, often manifesting as lethargy or laziness (sloth as per the seven deadly sins is linked with the snail in Christian tradition). Greek poet Hesiod