Victorian 15ct Gold & Carnelian Shield Shaped Signet Ring

A good looking 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold signet ringA ring with a central plaque on which one’s initials, a seal, or a crest is engraved. that was made in Birmingham in 1891.  It has been set with a shield shaped 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 can be engraved if wanted with a crest or monogram. The shouldersThe point on a ring where the central section meets the shank or band, often carved, decorated or inlaid with small diamond accent stones. are particularly unusual as they feature a stylised vine with bunches of grapes.  They symbolise abundance, fertility and good luck.