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The fly was a popular motif in Victorian jewelry.
Here, 2 Bimini buttons with the fly.
“The Creation of Insects affords us a Clear Mirror of Almighty Power, and Infinit Wisdom with a Prospect likewise of Transcendent Goodness. Had but one of those Curious and High Stomachd Flies, been Created, whose Burnisht, 20 and Resplendent Bodies are like Orient Gold, or Polisht Steel; whose Wings Are So Strong, …”
A quote from The Works of Thomas Traherne  (1637?-1674), a clergyman of the Church of England during the Restoration.