Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring brooches a large deciduous tree found

a large deciduous tree found throughout Europe and the middle east from Ireland to the Urals

It's beautifully made and thoughtfully designed so you can get creative with how it's worn

fittings test as 9k gold

one or two very slight kinks

The three-quarter carat sapphire displays the dreamy pale blue colour associated with the Sri Lankan mines

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring brooches a large deciduous tree foundDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An interesting antique panel ring featuring nine framed symbols. Various animals (birds, quadrupeds), people engaged in mysterious tasks, and more abstract iconography reminiscent of scales or temples adorn each of the square faces at first I thought they were zodiac but that doesn't add up possibly Egyptian Hieroglyphs? What I can tell you is that it bears English hallmarks for 18k gold, and dates from the turn of the 20th