Late Victorian Falcon Intaglio Signet Ring "Virtue & Wisdom" earrings It's intricately engraved with abstract

It's intricately engraved with abstract foliate motifs

it's made of deep purple coloured glass

with particularly strong colour flashes as they move in the light

some wear to the gilding and scratches to the bottom

Late Victorian Falcon Intaglio Signet Ring "Virtue & Wisdom" earrings It's intricately engraved with abstractDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 A cool antique intaglio signet pinky ring dating from the late 19th century, circa 1890. The face displays an English heraldic crest a bird of prey along with the Latin motto "VIRTUTE ET SAPIENTIA", or Virtue and Wisdom (which, incidentally, is the motto of the University of Bucharest). It was made by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company of 112 Regent Street, London, who would later amalgamate with Garrard & Co. Crafted in 18