Frosted rock crystal, gold, sapphire, and ruby girl’s head brooch, Van Cleef & Arp

Frosted rock crystal, gold, sapphire, and ruby girl’s head brooch, Van Cleef & Arpels, c. 1960s (at The Back Vault)

…wtf, Van Cleef & Arpels? Like the teddy bear from hell wasn’t enough? Now you give us a sea monster/vampire/Japanese horror movie girl? It doesn’t help that the light hitting the facets of the mouth jewel make them look like fangs. What the hell was going on at VC&A in the ‘60s? (Drugs. It was probably drugs. Please tell me it was drugs because the other answer is that they were summoning eldritch horrors through alchemical offerings and… just no.)