18ct Gold Early Victorian Carnelian Signet Ring With Carved Eagle Intaglio

An unusual and fine quality 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. signet ringA ring with a central plaque on which one’s initials, a seal, or a crest is engraved. of an eagle in flight 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.. The shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. has lovely shouldersThe point on a ring where the central section meets the shank or band, often carved, decorated or inlaid with small diamond accent stones. and is 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold. It was made in 1853.