Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring Size:7.25 An incredible mid Victorian crucifix

An incredible mid Victorian crucifix pendant with inscription and hinged locket compartment to the reverse

An unusual pair of Art Deco period diamond flower stud earrings

the larger one featuring a star and flowers on the other along with the words "Congregation of the Children of Mary"

internally flawless pieces of Siberian amethyst

Georgian Medusa Cameo Signet Ring Size:7.25 An incredible mid Victorian crucifixDATE: Cameo Georgian, c. 1820 Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story in the Metamorphoses, where he describes Medusa in her youth: Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above