Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline with a superb level or

with a superb level or detail/realism

4cm (not including jump ring)

with fancy bifurcated shoulders and an intricately worked gold band

and much more delicate than many of the later examples of the style

8cm - To fit wrist: 6

Victorian Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Spinner Ring tourmaline with a superb level orDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A cool antique Egyptian Revival scarab spinner ring dating from the 1870s. The scarab is a vivid blue colour, and formed from faience. It's set in 15k gold, with rope work detail to the shoulders. The term faience broadly encompassed finely glazed ceramic beads, figures and other small objects found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC. In this instance it is composed mainly of silica (sand or crushed quartz), along with small amounts