Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring amethyst Western design houses began incorporating

Western design houses began incorporating carved coral

The stones include: aquamarine

Frame: 16 x 14

It's beautifully proportioned with great attention to detail

Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring amethyst Western design houses began incorporatingDATE: Cameo is Victorian, c. 1850. Ring mount contemporary Stunning hardstone cameo ring depicting Medusa in high relief. Medusa is certainly the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story in the Metamorphoses, where he describes Medusa in her youth: Medusa once had charms; to gain her loveA rival crowd of envious lovers strove.