14ct Gold Signet Ring With Carnelian Masonic Intaglio

A striking 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. that has been set with an oval 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. with a Masonic 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.. It is difficult to say when it was made but I would say in the 1940-1950 period.