14ct Gold Signet Ring With Carnelian Intaglio Of Two Swans & A Bear

A large 14ct58.5% pure gold (or 585 parts pure gold to 415 parts other metals) gold signet ringA ring with a central plaque on which one’s initials, a seal, or a crest is engraved. set with a carved intaglioAn engraved stone, the opposite of a cameo, with a recessed design cut below the surface of the stone. Intaglio designs are common for signet rings and fob seals. in carnelian​A translucent red variety of chalcedony which in its turn is a form of cryptocrystalline quartz. ​Carnelian has​ been known and used since antiquity when it was sourced from the surfaces of the Egyptian and Arabian deserts. The ​most prized carnelian has a true blood-red color.. It has an interesting shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. with intertwined ivy leaves in the gold work. The intaglio is a bear within a shield and above is a helmet with two swans on either side and an anthemion or palmette above that. It is most likely a German family crest. It was made circa 1880.