Victorian 15ct Gold Signet Ring With Eagle Intaglio

A good 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 1880. It has a detailed 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. crest of an eagle. The motto reads “Serva juqum” in latin meaning “Keep the yolk” – the motto of the Hay clan.