Georgian Amethyst Paste Solitaire Ring Size:10.75 and combined with the tricolour

and combined with the tricolour pastel coloured background (blue

the round head set with diamonds and featuring a millegrain star motif

dressed in fawn skins and carrying thyrsi - a long stick wrapped in ivy vines and leaves

they were somewhat confusingly named Phobos and Deimos (fear and panic) after the two sons of Ares

Georgian Amethyst Paste Solitaire Ring Size:10.75 and combined with the tricolourDATE: Georgian, c. 1800 A superb Georgian solitaire ring dating from the early 19th century, circa 1800. It's set with a central purple paste gemstone in fluted dish backed setting and flanked by two white paste stones to either shoulder. The stones are foil backed, reflecting light back through them enhancing the colour and brilliance. Crafted in 15 karat gold with silver pie crust settings. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries paste gems could