Victorian Heraldic Lion's Head Intaglio Signet Ring Size:7.75 except death and taxes

except death and taxes

instead of the usual one or two

A beautiful antique cluster ring set with a vibrant emerald and ten old mine cut diamonds

each one home to an antique photograph behind what is presumably the original glass

Victorian Heraldic Lion's Head Intaglio Signet Ring Size:7.75 except death and taxesDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A particularly cool Victorian signet ring with an oval bloodstone panel featuring an intaglio carved lion's head. According to Fairbairn's Book of Crests, this particular lion was the heraldic emblem of a number of British families, including: Bates, Cole, Knott, Long, MacKnight, Murdoch, Nicholson, Powell, Scott, and Steele. The ring itself dates from the latter half of the 19th Century is modelled in 15 karat gold with