DATE: Victorian, c.1872

Charming mid-Victorian cluster ring set with one row of seed pearls and one row of emeralds. The gold-work is highly ornate, with scrolled gallery, tiny gold pommels between the stones, and beautiful foliate engraving around the outer band. Crafted in 15 karat gold with Birmingham hallmarks from the year 1872. The initials MW are engraved at the back of the head as a rotatable ambigram, legible either way up.

STONES 

Natural emeralds and seed pearls

MEASUREMENTS 

Head: 16.2 x 6.6mm

Width of band: 2.5mm

WEIGHT 

1.8g

MARKS 

English hallmarks for 15k gold, Birmingham 1872

CONDITION 

Very good, stones all appear original