9ct Gold Signet Ring With Carnelian Intaglio Of A Lion

A good 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 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 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. that features a lion 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. with paw outstretched. It was made in 1963 by the well known firm Charles Green & Sons.