Victorian 15ct Gold & Carnelian Signet Ring With Initial D

An attractive 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 circa 1860-1880. 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. that is slightly two tone and has been engraved with the initial “D”. 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. have been engraved with floriate scrolls. A perfect ring if you are called David or Donald etc!