Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter Modelled in Sterling silver

Modelled in Sterling silver

It's modelled in high karat yellow gold

The opal is an exaggerated navette (boat-shaped) cabochon

and was largely responsible for Rome's transition from paganism to Christianity during the 4th Century

circa AD 320

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter Modelled in Sterling silverDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An interesting antique panel ring featuring nine framed symbols. Various animals (birds, quadrupeds), people engaged in mysterious tasks, and more abstract iconography reminiscent of scales or temples adorn each of the square faces at first I thought they were zodiac but that doesn't add up possibly Egyptian Hieroglyphs? What I can tell you is that it bears English hallmarks for 18k gold, and dates from the turn of the 20th