1920's Lucky Essex Crystal Charm lighter and the Far East

and the Far East

The serpent coils twice around the wrist

Makers mark L-I

The detail

The principal stone is set in millegrain platinum

1920's Lucky Essex Crystal Charm lighter and the Far EastDATE: Art Deco, c. 1920 A super charming Essex Crystal charm dating to circa 1920. Featuring two lucky symbols on each side, the subjects have been reverse carved into rock crystal domes, and hand painted to depict a lucky four leaf clover and a mushroom. We all know the four leaf clover is lucky, but what about the mushroom? After doing a little research, I can see that the fly argaric (mushroom), is considered a lucky symbol in Germany and other