26. 1969 Citrine Solitaire Ring

26. 1969 Citrine Solitaire RingEra: Vintage, 1960s Head size: 11. 6mm by 15. 3mm Ring size: P or 7. 75 US. Resize for 35 Stone: Citrine Marks: English, London, 9ct Gold, 1969

and gothic font date letter e for the year 1879

Pebbles: 13mm by 19mm

The shoulders are grooved and the face is carved with a stylised bird

Made during the latter half of the 19th century

for the most part

resulting in a number of grim robberies that made it into the press:

silver construction morphs effortlessly from peaks to flat

Charming Victorian signet ring with an intaglio carved pounamu panel

with subtle pinched shoulders leading the eye towards the stone

Fantastic to find one in such good condition - to say they're rare is verging on an understatement

and trials

and also as an attribute of agricultural and fertility deities