Georgian 9ct Gold Rebus Ring Set With A Carnelian

A fascinating 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 parts other metals) gold ring that was made circa 1830. It has been set with a 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 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. of an eye, a fly and a tree. It is a rebusOften used on intaglios for seal purposes. Words are represented by objects or symbols, the names of which, when sounded in sequence, give the solution. and I think it means “I fly up” or “I fly high”.  The top was made circa 1830 and the shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. is a later  addition.