Ring of enamelled gold. Oval bezel set with a layered agate cameo representing the head of Medusa. The shoulders and bezel chased with cartouches, masks and foliage. The elaborate and colourful setting is typical of South German work around 1580.
moanakai on
Excellent
S_Belmont on
This seems like a very odd fashion choice.
AlbatrossWaste9124 on
Very eerie and witchy, what a fantastic artifact.
Palimpsest0 on
I wonder if that cameo is from the Idar-Oberstein area. That town, and the general area, has produced some of the finest agate carving in the world since the 1400s.
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Ring of enamelled gold. Oval bezel set with a layered agate cameo representing the head of Medusa. The shoulders and bezel chased with cartouches, masks and foliage. The elaborate and colourful setting is typical of South German work around 1580.
Excellent
This seems like a very odd fashion choice.
Very eerie and witchy, what a fantastic artifact.
I wonder if that cameo is from the Idar-Oberstein area. That town, and the general area, has produced some of the finest agate carving in the world since the 1400s.