Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring amethyst Inscription: Thomas Luc- ob Feb

Inscription: Thomas Luc- ob Feb 24th ---- aet 24

This piece

rendered in 9 karat yellow gold and finished in sky blue enamel

London 1969

This is the coolest MIZPAH ring we’ve had in stock for ages

Mid-Victorian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring amethyst Inscription: Thomas Luc- ob FebDATE: 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.