Victorian Sardonyx Crowned Lion Intaglio Signet Ring boxed The Etruscan Revivalist movement began

The Etruscan Revivalist movement began in the mid 19th Century

Natural Blue Sapphire

Dangling from the key are two further components: a “heart padlock” with locket compartment to the back and a ruby to set on the front

Shank stamped 18

It dates from the turn of the 20th Century

Victorian Sardonyx Crowned Lion Intaglio Signet Ring boxed The Etruscan Revivalist movement beganDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Speak only truth of the living A cool Victorian signet ring set with an intaglio carved rectangular sardonyx panel. The crest depicts a crowned lion's head, in profile, above the Latin motto: "De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum" The full motto is actually De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum De Mortius Nil Nisi Bonum, which translates as Speak only truth of the living and good of the dead presumably shortened here so it fits on the heraldic crest. A