Victorian 18ct Gold & Orange Moss Agate Signet Ring

This is a stunning 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold signet ringA ring with a central plaque on which one’s initials, a seal, or a crest is engraved. that has been set with a domed light and dark reddy brown dendritic agateA variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), typically banded in appearance. The use of agate in jewellery dates back to the Stone Age. which means that there are branch like features within the stone. The shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. has been engraved around the agate and on to 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. with a leaf and ribbon design. It is a heavy gauge ring and was made in Birmingham in 1865. It is as wearable now as it was then