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PRE VICTORIAN 18K & CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO RING browse these categories for related items... All Items: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Pre Victorian: Pre 1837 VR: item # 829436 Please refer to our stock # 00234-3144 when inquiring.
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| A touch of history ... PRE VICTORIAN 18K & CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO RING. This is a pre-Victorian intaglio ring. Intaglio is a style of decoration created by engraving or carving below the surface so that the apparent elevations of the design are hollowed out and an impression from the design yields an image in relief. The background is not cut away, but is left in the plane of the highest areas of the design. It is the opposite of a cameo. Greek goldsmiths did intaglio work on metal, but such decoration is more often found on gemstones. On this chalcedony stone the carvings show us an old man with a hat on and behind him a pillar. As is still normal today, tourists in the 19th Century that went to visit sites and remains of the ancient civilizations like Egypt, Greece, Rome etc. brought back home with them a lot of original artifacts (and sometimes not-so-original either). Like this, a lot of cameos and intaglios (among other objects) were brought back to Europe and given to local jewelers who turned these artifacts into jewelry. This ring is an example of the use of an old artifact into jewelry. OBJECT GROUP: rings COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: most probably France STYLE : pre-Victorian PERIOD : 1830 MATERIAL : 18K yellow gold STONES : 1 oval Chalcedony stone WEIGHT : 6,60 gram (6,60 dwt) HALLMARKS: no trace REMARKS: altough the stone has damages at the edges, it still is a special piece. CONDITION : acceptable condition SIZE : Ring size UK : M Ring size USA : 6 ¼ Ring size Continental : 17 & 53 | ||
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