Victorian Turquoise Snake Ring

Victorian Turquoise Snake RingCool Victorian snake ring in 18 carat gold. The tail loops around the finger before flicking away from the head to form an open band; his eyes are bright red rubies and he's been furnished with a vivid Persian turquoise 'brain'. English, dating from the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1880. Era: Victorian, circa 1880 Ring size: M or 6. 25 US. Resizeable for 55 Width at head: 7. 0mm Stones: Persian Turquoise & Ruby Marks: None, tested as 18ct

Width at head: 15

5 US or O 1/2 UK/AUS

A pool of vitreous blue enamel is bordered by rose cut diamonds with a gold orb floating in the middle

This is used as a metaphor for using brute force to solve a seemingly-intractable problem

The Mazarin cut (or double brilliant cut) was developed in the 1650s

An utterly remarkable fede ring dating from the early 1600s

and they display an excellent intense apple green colour

Beethoven was writing his third symphony

The iron jewellery was often inscribed with the words “Ich gab geld um Eisen” (“I gave gold for iron")

Less is more

it features two rings of applied gold ropetwist and elegant split shoulders

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